Debian bug report logs - #1549 bash should not have world-readable history Package: bash ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; 27 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Oct 4 17:26:49 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t0e9A-0008ozC; Wed, 4 Oct 95 17:26 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08166 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 4 Oct 1995 17:26:26 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t0dMY-000BzdC; Thu, 5 Oct 95 00:36 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 5 Oct 95 00:23 BST Message-Id: Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 00:23 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: bash should not have world-readable history Package: bash Version: 1.14.4-2 bash has a very annoying habit of creating a world-readable .bash_history file, if you let it. I have solved this problem by putting creating a mode 600 empty file /etc/skel/.bash_history, so that the file already has the right permissions when bash starts to use it. There are other obvious solutions to the problem - I don't know which is best, but something should be done. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1549 ; Package bash . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov