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Date:      Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:52:06 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: permissions problem with installations from PORTS
Message-ID:  <xzpr7urahq1.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20040411223801.GA60944@grummit.biaix.org> (Joan Picanyol's message of "Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:38:01 %2B0200")
References:  <1081712536.258.7.camel@fast.mmercer.com> <20040411223801.GA60944@grummit.biaix.org>

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Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> writes:
> * Michael E. Mercer <mmercer@nc.rr.com> [20040411 21:42]:
> > Anyways, there is a permission problem with [...]
> > directories. They are installed with permissions 700. They need to be
> > 755 for non-root users to use these applications.
> I can second this. It also happens with mozilla and friends (my umask is
> set to 077)

Pilot error.  Your umask should be 022 or 002 when installing ports.
Otherwise, you get what you ask for.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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