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

[Adam Jacob < >]

It's true anything that writes a file.

Adam

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Matt Ray 
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 wrote:
> 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
> Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.
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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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