Re: Why is root write permission necessary for installed files?
Hi,
>>"Kevin" == Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net> writes:
Kevin> When I run lintian on gwm, it complains about
Kevin> non-standard-file-perm of 0444 on various files in /usr/lib
Kevin> directories. 0644 is the preferred permission. Why is root
Kevin> write permission necessary on files?
Policy:
3.3.8. Permissions and owners
Files should be owned by `root.root', and made writable only by the
owner and universally readable (and executable, if appropriate).
Kevin> If necessary, I will change the permission on all the files,
Kevin> but I would rather leave it as the Makefile installs it. Since
Kevin> anything installed on /usr should be capable of running on a
Kevin> read only partition, it should be safe to have such files be
Kevin> unwritable by root.
I think you should change the permissions to fit the policy
document, or raise a discussion on debian-policy to have the policy
changed.
manoj
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