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

[Tim Diggins < >]

FYI - Because I misread (again) the notes on the wiki page as the default (and then found this on the web) I modified the wiki page to make it clear for all 'mode' options of resource that 0755 is not the default (and linked to Adam's reply within the list discussion)

HTH

Tim

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Adam Jacob < "> > 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 < "> > 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 < "> > 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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