Re: User defaults database permissions

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 20 Jan 2004, at 15:52, Sheldon Gill wrote:

> Currently, NSUserDefaults enforces 0600 on the user database.
>
> That is, it _will_ change the permissions on the file whenever there 
> is an
> update irrespective of the current permissions.
>
> I think this is a bug and should be removed.
>
> Creating the file 0600 is right. I have no problem with that. I have a 
> problem
> with the framework deciding that permissions are wrong and changing 
> them.
>
> This current behaviour voids the "-u" flag in the defaults command for 
> anyone
> but the super user.
>
> Should I submit a patch to achieve this?

I think you are correct that the code should not be changing the 
protection on the database.
What it *should* be doing is ensuring that nobody other than the owner 
and root have write permission to the database or to any directory 
above it.