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> Second warning, deleted files become world readable by design This is not true. I just tested to be sure; the permissions of files are preserved.
by arp242 2y ago
> Second warning, deleted files become world readable by design
This is not true. I just tested to be sure; the permissions of files are preserved.
- Thorrez 2y agoIs it accurate to say that deleted files have their filenames and other metadata become readable by design? Or at least top-level ones (not necessarily subdirectories)?
- arp242 2y agoI'm not sure if that's "by design" or a "bug" – I'm not really familiar with this tool. I agree that ideally it should copy the directory permission bits too, or be more restrictive about that in some other way.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- fanf2 2y agoWhat if the original file was in a private directory?
- bravetraveler 2y agoFiles by default are world readable, see umask. You tested the exception, a restricted file It's moving files out of potentially-safe directories into definitely-not-safe