From fbcfc75aed582ca9f9cd924ff43db9f19443a741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lepore Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:48:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an entry mentioning the permission/mode change to daily accounting files. --- UPDATING | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 479a9a6eb72..5b3bc132926 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20190713: + Default permissions on the /var/account/acct file (and copies of it rotated + by periodic daily scripts) are changed from 0644 to 0640 because the file + contains sensitive information that should not be world-readable. If the + /var/account directory must be created by rc.d/accounting, the mode used is + now 0750. Admins who use the accounting feature are encouraged to change + the mode of an existing /var/account directory to 0750 or 0700. + 20190620: Entropy collection and the /dev/random device are no longer optional components. The "device random" option has been removed.