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-rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c b/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c index e492f5f9..4ea94cbe 100644 --- a/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c +++ b/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ open_tally (const char *dir, const char *user, uid_t uid, int create) flags |= O_CREAT; } - fd = open(path, flags, 0600); + fd = open(path, flags, 0660); free(path); @@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ open_tally (const char *dir, const char *user, uid_t uid, int create) if (st.st_uid != uid) { ignore_return(fchown(fd, uid, -1)); } + + /* + * If umask is set to 022, as will probably in most systems, then the + * group will not be able to write to the file. So, change the file + * permissions just in case. + * Note: owners of this file are user:root, so if the permissions are + * not changed the root process writing to this file will require + * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE. + */ + if (!(st.st_mode & S_IWGRP)) { + ignore_return(fchmod(fd, 0660)); + } } } |