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Bug#421991: kcontrol: sets wrong permissions when installing new fonts system-wide



On Wednesday 02 May 2007, Florian Laws wrote:
> Package: kcontrol
> Version: 4:3.5.6.dfsg.2-2
> Severity: normal
>
>
> When you install a font using konqueror and you choose the
> "System" option as installation location, the fonts get installed
> in the system directory, but are only readable by root, and ordinary
> users can't use them this way.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> - Navigate with konqueror in a directory that contains new font files
>   (I tried with Type1 .pfb file, but I suspect this problem occurrs
>    with TrueType  too)
> - Right-click on the font to install,
>   choose Actions->Install
> - In the "Where to install" dialog, choose "System".
> - In the Authorization Dialog, enter the root password
> - Find the fonts installed in /usr/local/share/fonts,
>   but with mode 600. They shoud have mode 644, so ordinary
>   users can use them.

Hi!

I cannot reproduce this. I get fonts with permission 644 when I follow the 
above steps.
What kind of umask settings do you have for your user?
For root?

/Sune
-- 
Genius, I cannot get access over the software, how does it work?

You should reinstall on a desktop on the directory on the CPU to insert the 
GPU.

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