Ubuntu
automysqlbackup package

  1. Bug #1251447
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1251447

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

The code does this:

# Database dump function
dbdump () {
 touch $2
 chmod 600 $2
...
  mysqldump --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf $NEWOPT $1 > $2

That looks like a chmod to me.
Isn't it possible for someone to obtain a file handle on $2 between the touch and the chmod?