RE: [PATCH 3/3] tools/hv: Fix permissions of created directory and files

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Hozza [mailto:thozza@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:57 AM
> To: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan; ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Tomas Hozza
> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] tools/hv: Fix permissions of created directory and files
> 
> From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> It's silly to create directories without execute permission, or to
> give permissions to 'other' but not the group-owner.
> 
> Write the permissions in octal and 'ls -l' format since these are much
> easier to read than the named macros.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Hozza <thozza@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by:  K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> index e266251..7105c7b 100644
> --- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> +++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int kvp_file_init(void)
>  	int alloc_unit = sizeof(struct kvp_record) * ENTRIES_PER_BLOCK;
> 
>  	if (access(KVP_CONFIG_LOC, F_OK)) {
> -		if (mkdir(KVP_CONFIG_LOC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IROTH)) {
> +		if (mkdir(KVP_CONFIG_LOC, 0755 /* rwxr-xr-x */)) {
>  			syslog(LOG_ERR, " Failed to create %s",
> KVP_CONFIG_LOC);
>  			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>  		}
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int kvp_file_init(void)
>  		records_read = 0;
>  		num_blocks = 1;
>  		sprintf(fname, "%s/.kvp_pool_%d", KVP_CONFIG_LOC, i);
> -		fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR |
> S_IROTH);
> +		fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644 /* rw-r--r-- */);
> 
>  		if (fd == -1)
>  			return 1;
> --
> 1.7.11.7
> 
> 



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