Re: [Ltib] ncurses or .gvfs failed?

[Stuart Hughes]

Svein Seldal wrote:
> Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > The deployment problem you had (permissions) are nothing to do with 
> > Jaunty.  What it means is the those files have permissions that are 
> > not readable as the normal user.  The spec files that generate those 
> > files need adjusting to add read permissions.
>
> Ah. I overlooked your replies before sending my previous post.
>
> So I understand then that the current "policy" in ltib is to make sure 
> every file&directory in romfs is installed with world read permissions?
>
> I don't know if it's a problem, but overriding the default install 
> permissions on secure applications (like openswan) wouldn't that violate 
> the originators design ideas? I mean, there is probably good reason for 
> these files to be 700...

It's not so much a matter of policy as a practical compromise.  The 
original intended 700 should be used ideally, but these deployments run 
as non-root and so unless you have world read permissions you can't copy 
the file across.  Ideally the boot-up would check this and fix the 
permissions as needed in rc.local or similar.  This is something the 
packager should have attended to.

Regards, Stuart