Bug#1111714: release-notes: Trixie enables pam_umask usergroups, which changes umask from 0022 to 0002

Daniel Lewart <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Aug 2025 06:25:00 -0500

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Dear Debian Documentation Team,

Trixie enables pam_umask usergroups by default, which changes the typical
umask from 0022 to 0002.

This was quite a surprise to me and is not documented in the Release Notes.

References:
  * libpam-modules.NEWS entry
    https://salsa.debian.org/vorlon/pam/-/blob/master/debian/libpam-modules.NEWS?ref_type=heads#L19-33
  * #583958 - enable pam_umask usergroups by default
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583958
  * #1065806 - pam: recent upgrade changes previous default umask
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1065806
  * #1068674 - Document pam_umask change in release notes
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068674
  * Debate/umask
    https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/umask

Could the libpam-modules.NEWS entry above be inserted into the
"What's new in the distribution section"?
    https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/whats-new.en.html#what-s-new-in-the-distribution

Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois