[tor-bugs] #28356 [Core Tor/Tor]: DataDirectoryGroupReadable and CacheDirectoryGroupReadable conflicts forcing sandboxed Tor to crash

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#28356: DataDirectoryGroupReadable and CacheDirectoryGroupReadable conflicts
forcing sandboxed Tor to crash
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 Reporter:  wagon                                |          Owner:  arma
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.4.9
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-crash, regression, 035-roadmap-  |  Actual Points:
  proposed, 035-backport, 034-backport, 033      |
  -backport-maybe, 029-backport-maybe, 035-can   |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by wagon):

 > what's the goal to be able to read directory's content, bit be unable to
 read any file inside it?
 I'll
 [[http://ea5faa5po25cf7fb.onion/projects/tor/ticket/28877#comment:3|quote]]
 atagar:
 > any direct use of tor's data directory is a bad idea
 Do we have anything useful that can be obtained only from Tor data
 directory directly, i.e. cannot be learnt from `ControlPort`? Some
 historical data about guard use written in `state` file?

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