touch known_hosts file in monkeysphere so that permission checking

[monkeysphere.git] / src / monkeysphere

diff --git a/src/monkeysphere b/src/monkeysphere
index 5703995f5edff3a21ca9e3de6bbea885c86be8c9..7e800cc4d61942f53deff20817f08633da6a8a74 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/monkeysphere
+++ b/src/monkeysphere
@@ -318,10 +318,12 @@ case $COMMAND in
     'update-known_hosts'|'update-known-hosts'|'k')
        MODE='known_hosts'
 
+       # touch the known_hosts file so that the file permission check
+       # below won't fail upon not finding the file
+       (umask 0022 && touch "$KNOWN_HOSTS")
+
        # check permissions on the known_hosts file path
-       if ! check_key_file_permissions "$USER" "$KNOWN_HOSTS" ; then
-           failure "Improper permissions on known_hosts file path."
-       fi
+       check_key_file_permissions "$USER" "$KNOWN_HOSTS" || failure
 
         # if hosts are specified on the command line, process just
         # those hosts