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Werk #15062: Set umask to 0077 for site user

Component Core & setup
Title Set umask to 0077 for site user
Date Dec 9, 2022
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.2.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

With this Werk we set the umask for the site user to 0077. So by default newly created files and directories are not world or group accessible.

Files which need to be accessible from other users and groups have explicitly set permissions.

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