why umask(0) in etc/afpd/main.c?

Subject: why umask(0) in etc/afpd/main.c?
From: R Matthew Emerson (rme@grc.nasa.gov)
Date: Fri Jun 23 2000 - 17:10:04 EDT

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I'm running netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3 on FreeBSD 4.x.

I'm using a Powerbook G3 running MacOS 9.0.4 as the client.
I noticed that when I connect from the client, a directory
called "TheVolumeSettingsFolder", with mode 2777, is created
on the server.

That file shouldn't be world-writable. I presume that the
call to umask(0) in etc/afpd/main.c is responsible for this.
There is a comment by this line that says "so inherited file
permissions work right," but I don't understand what concern
this is supposed to solve.

Anyone have any suggestions?

-matt

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Matt Emerson <rme@grc.nasa.gov>
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