Why does RHEL 5.8 and RHEL 6.3 set /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf with 644 permissions?
Issue
/etc/snmp/snmpd.confby default has mode 0644.- Why isn't the default mode 0600 for more security?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3
- net-snmp
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