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Status Future consideration
Workspace Workload Automation
Created by Guest
Created on May 25, 2023

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CLI should ensure useropts files are created with permission that prevent access by other users

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A user's .TWS directory and useropts file are currently created by composer or conman based on a user's current umask setting.  Many users are either not familiar with umask, are unaware of the relationship between umask setting the creation of .TWS and useropts, or just forget to adjust their umask before running composer/conman to create their useropts file.   This frequently results in useropts files that can be copied by other users on the associated server.  That presents a significant security risk because a user could gain the ability to impersonate another user when accessing IWS.  Any IWS CLI commands that create  the .TWS directory and useropts file should always limit access to just the user running the commands, regardless of their current umask value.

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