Re: [Ltib] Why world writeable install?

[Stuart Hughes]

Svein Seldal wrote:
> Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > There would have been some reason or corner case (maybe a distro 
> > issue).  To be honest I can't recall why that went it (it was back in 
> > 2005).  I agree with you that it would be better for it to be set to 
> > 0022.  I will try that way and if it does no harm I will check in the 
> > change to Savannah CVS.
>
> Why set it at all? Then the distro and user's default will be used.
>
> I looked at the ltib.tar.gz files which the script installs, and the 
> user&permissions are fine for the contents.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Svein

Hi Svein,

Different distros sometimes have odd (very restrictive) umasks that can 
cause problems.  IMHO it's better to set it to a (sensible) known value 
so the results are predictable.

I think one distro was removing directory search permissions IIRC.

Regards, Stuart