From 14f61c57847b6d0a861653e2f479947ad9b68962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Schleifer Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:39:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] DOC: tighten directory permissions in cloud installation The files in the containers directory may include secrets -- such as credentials for sending email. Previously, those could be world- readable depending on umask. --- docs/INSTALL-cloud.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md b/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md index d2504711f64..82d45c919c0 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md +++ b/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Clone the [Official Discourse Docker Image][dd] into `/var/discourse`. sudo -s git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git /var/discourse cd /var/discourse + chmod 700 containers You will need to be root through the rest of the setup and bootstrap process.