[Lustre-devel] Unsafe directory modes in lustre-source RPMs

[Benjamin Bennett <ben@psc.edu>]

lustre.spec uses 'make distdir ...' to setup the source tree which will 
be packaged into the lustre-source rpm.

Automake sets all directories in the distdir tree to mode 777 
(world-writable, search for "brain-dead tar" in 
/usr/share/automake-1.7/am/distdir.am).

These modes are kept in rpm packaging, and once the rpm is installed 
/usr/src/lustre-${version} and its descendant directories will be mode 
777 (world-writable).

This can be seen in the release rpms, and those generated from cvs, with 
a command such as:
  $ rpm -qlp --dump lustre-source.rpm | \
    awk '{if ($5 ~ "^04") print $5,$1}'


This is obviously less than ideal for any system with unprivileged 
users.  I've added a find setting the directory modes to 755 just after 
the make distdir (see patch).  Please let me know if there's any reason 
this can't be committed.


thanks,

--ben
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