Did my half-yearly upgrade (which went smooth for once, just the usual clearing old containers because of disc space)… But at the beginning I saw some message about app.yml being far too visible (app.yml visible worldwide) and a command to fix it with. Of course upgrading is long enough to scroll …

[image] Peter Bäckgren: app.yml visible worldwide “world readable” is a Unix term which means that all users on your system can access the file. It does not mean “worldwide” as in “everyone on the planet”. In most Discourse installations, there is only one user (you) so this does not really …

[image] Peter Bäckgren: some message about app.yml being far too visible This seems to be the answer: [image] WARNING: containers/app.yml file is world-readable. You can secure this file by running: chmod o-rwx containers/app.yml Support Is this wh…

App.yml visible worldwide?

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Peter_Backgren (Peter Bäckgren) August 21, 2022, 2:58pm 4

Ah, so long since I did *nix only I tend to forget things. Much more worried about what my web servers shine through by mistake… there I would not like to see the term worldwide .

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App.yml visible worldwide?

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