File openssh-7.9p1-keygen-preserve-perms.patch of Package openssh-askpass-gnome.18132
commit 07ffb49749c310b82e44278ae05e081d6f4a82bf
Author: Hans Petter Jansson <hpj@cl.no>
Date: Fri Sep 27 01:57:16 2019 +0200
ssh-keygen: Preserve known_hosts permissions on rewrite
Transfer the permissions of the old known_hosts file instead of
just going with what mkstemp() gives us. This is useful in corner
cases where known_hosts is shared between users.
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.c b/ssh-keygen.c
index 03a7fe5..ca8a309 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.c
+++ b/ssh-keygen.c
@@ -1338,6 +1338,11 @@ do_known_hosts(struct passwd *pw, const char *name)
if (inplace)
unlink(tmp);
} else if (inplace) {
+ struct stat st;
+
+ /* Get metadata for existing file */
+ r = stat(identity_file, &st);
+
/* Backup existing file */
if (unlink(old) == -1 && errno != ENOENT)
fatal("unlink %.100s: %s", old, strerror(errno));
@@ -1352,6 +1357,12 @@ do_known_hosts(struct passwd *pw, const char *name)
unlink(old);
exit(1);
}
+ /* Preserve permissions; non-critical */
+ if (r != -1)
+ r = chown(identity_file, st.st_uid, st.st_gid);
+ if (r != -1)
+ chmod(identity_file,
+ st.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO));
printf("%s updated.\n", identity_file);
printf("Original contents retained as %s\n", old);