[debbugs-tracker] bug#21101: closed (Binary installation clobbers root ownership)

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> Binary installation clobbers root ownership
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> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:20:49 +0100
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> If you unpack guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz according to the
> manual instructions in "Binary installation", you clobber the ownership
> of /, /root, and /var.
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> The tarball needs to unpack with root ownership.  While you can use
> --no-same-owner, the current behaviour is pretty unfriendly.  (I noticed
> because ssh as root then failed with complaints about an insecure .ssh
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> Dave Love <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > If you unpack guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz according to the
> > manual instructions in "Binary installation", you clobber the ownership
> > of /, /root, and /var.
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> > The tarball needs to unpack with root ownership.  While you can use
> > --no-same-owner, the current behaviour is pretty unfriendly.  (I noticed
> > because ssh as root then failed with complaints about an insecure .ssh
> > directory.)
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> Indeed, thanks for your report.  We actually noticed it and fixed it
> soon after 0.8.2.  The fix will be in 0.8.3, to be released tomorrow.
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