Re: umask for bind on LOCAL socket

[Paul DuBois]

At 11:01 AM +1100 1999/11/30, Benjamin Low wrote:
>I see that mysql-3.22.27 sets the umask to 0 before binding to a local
>(UNIX) socket, then resets the umask. Why?
>
>I'd like to see the socket permissions be restricted, to provide another
>layer of protection - much as TCP wrappers do in the AF_INET world. The
>(UNIX) filesystem has a pretty good permissions system, why not use it?


The MySQL grant tables provide access control already.

If you want different behavior, of course, you can just change the
source.

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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped