Re: ls-R file writeable by all users?

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Hi,

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:

> Could you explain me why the files
> 	/var/lib/texmf/ls-R{,-LOCAL,-TEXMFMAIN}
> and
> 	/var/cache/fonts/ls-R
> are 
> 	-rw-rw-r--  root users
> ??
>
> For the cache/fonts file I see that this makes sense, but for the rest?
> What about a user just emptying the ls-R file just for fun?

It is not necessary this way: there are debconf questions at tetex
install time to configure these permissions. As for the reason, I think
it is done so that users can generate, store and register font files
(typically, .pk). [which is not very interesting if you only use Type 1
fonts]

-- 
Florent