FS#12326 - pacman + umask creates file system permission issues.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Christ Schlacta (aarcane) - Tuesday, 02 December 2008, 23:13 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 03 December 2008, 02:39 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
when using a umask and pacman, some filesystem issues may arise.
a umask of 0077 is highly advised for most users to ensure the security of their files. well.. when you run sudo pacman -S whatever, pacman creates a handful of files in /var/lib/pacman, and respects the umask. that results in bunch of dependancies with the mode 0700. this leaves the system at least partially unusable. pacman should be modified so that those files are either set to proper permissions, or so that an acceptable umask or umode can be specified in pacman.conf to override the environment.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 03 December 2008, 02:39 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#12263 

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