The WiredTiger data files in the data directory are given permissions
666 xor umask
As rad as this number is, unless there is a pressing reason for more open permissions we should probably change it to 600 since that is what mmapv1/legacy mongo does.
- depends on
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WT-3420 Add ability to choose file permissions for created files
- Closed
- is documented by
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DOCS-10737 Docs for SERVER-22829: WiredTiger data files world-readable
- Closed
- related to
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SERVER-11887 Default file permissions on mongod and audit logs
- Closed