os.Chmod
GSC-G302 419 return err
420 }
421 if info.Mode() != 0700 {
422 if err := os.Chmod(etcdDir, 0700); err != nil { 423 return err
424 }
425 }
84 return nil
85 }
86 rcFileName = home + rcFileName
87 f, err := os.OpenFile(rcFileName, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)88 if err != nil {
89 return err
90 }
Excessive permissions granted to a file/directory. This warning is triggered whenever permission greater than 0600 is granted.
Generally, all security rules follow the principle of least privilege, except when the file being created needs to be accessed by anyone other than the user creating it.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
)
func main() {
err := os.Chmod("/tmp/somefile", 0777)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error when changing file permissions!")
return
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
)
func main() {
err := os.Chmod("/tmp/mydir", 0400)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error")
return
}
}