1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/firecfg/main.c b/src/firecfg/main.c
index b1a3b7427..84f6a5f77 100644
--- a/src/firecfg/main.c
+++ b/src/firecfg/main.c
@@ -316,9 +316,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         int i;
         int bindir_set = 0;
 
-        // set umask
-        umask(022);
-
         // user setup
         char *user = get_user();
         assert(user);
@@ -382,6 +379,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 exit(1);
                         }
 
+                        // set umask, access database must be world-readable
+                        umask(022);
                         for (j = i + 1; j < argc; j++) {
                                 printf("Adding user %s to Firejail access database in %s/firejail.users\n", argv[j], SYSCONFDIR);
                                 firejail_user_add(argv[j]);
@@ -436,7 +435,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         // add user to firejail access database - only for root
         if (getuid() == 0) {
                 printf("\nAdding user %s to Firejail access database in %s/firejail.users\n", user, SYSCONFDIR);
+                // temporarily set the umask, access database must be world-readable
+                mode_t orig_umask = umask(022);
                 firejail_user_add(user);
+                umask(orig_umask);
         }
 
         // set new symlinks based on ~/.config/firejail directory