[chef] Re: Re: Re: Template resource: default value for mode attribute?

[Matt Ray < >]

Reverted my edit then. Does this behavior go for File, Template,
Remote_File and Cookbook_File? If so should we note it in File
Distribution page?
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/File+Distribution#FileDistribution-FileSpecificity

Thanks,
Matt Ray
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On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Adam Jacob 
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 wrote:
> This is not always the default - it's going to be a reflection of the
> user who runs chef's umask. Most operating systems will have this be
> 0600, but not all of them will - so you can't rely on it as a general
> rule.
>
> Adam
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Matt Ray 
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>  wrote:
>> I verified this and I've updated the Template entry on the Resources
>> page to reflect the default.
>> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Resources#Resources-Template
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt Ray
>> Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.
>> 
 
>>  | (512) 731-2218
>> Twitter, IRC, GitHub: mattray
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Faiz Kazi 
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>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> It appears that if one does not specify a mode,
>>> files generated/overwritten by template resources
>>> end up having permissions like -rw------- (0600).
>>>
>>> This seems like a sane default. But maybe the
>>> documentation should make this explicit.
>>> Right now, the template resource wiki page
>>> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Resources#Resources-Template
>>> reads:
>>>
>>> Attribute:      mode
>>> Description:    "The octal mode of the file - 0755"
>>> Default Value:  (nothing here)
>>>
>>> Take for example the simple case of managing /etc/hosts.
>>> This file usually has permissions -rw-r--r--.
>>>
>>> template '/etc/hosts'
>>>  source 'hosts.erb'
>>> end
>>>
>>> .. will overwrite /etc/hosts as expected, but if one
>>> forgets to pass in the mode attribute, '/etc/hosts'
>>> ends up as readable only by root (i.e., -rw-------).
>>>
>>> This is not really a major problem (I simply make sure
>>> to pass in a mode explicitly).
>>> but as a suggestion:
>>>
>>> (1) For existing files that get 'templated',
>>> chef-client could just leave the permissions untouched.
>>>
>>> OR
>>>
>>> (2) Fix the docs to make it very clear that unless
>>> one specifies a mode explicitly, the file
>>> created/overwritten by the template will end up
>>> with the default mode (and that the default
>>> mode is 0600, not 0755)
>>>
>>>
>>> For the record, I'm still running 0.9.16.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Faiz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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