Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

[Beco <rcb@beco.cc>]

On 4 October 2013 22:56, Beco <rcb@beco.cc> wrote:
> Hi mentors,

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> I suppose that is all I have to do. But myapp still tells me
> "permission denied".

I got it working using something I was trying to avoid. SGID.

chmod g+s mytouch

I think its kind of dangerous. But hell, is there any other safe way?
Is this the correct way to allow an app to write to some directory
outside its HOME?

Thanks!
Beco



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