Re: ls-R file writeable by all users?
On Sam, 17 Sep 2005, Florent Rougon 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
So we have to get this into tex-common, where all these fonts are
created for now. I would move the debconf stuff from tetex to
tex-common.
Best wishes
Norbert
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