Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:01:48 +0200 From: Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions problem with installations from PORTS Message-ID: <20040414110148.GB24304@grummit.biaix.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpr7urahq1.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <1081712536.258.7.camel@fast.mmercer.com> <20040411223801.GA60944@grummit.biaix.org> <xzpr7urahq1.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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* Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [20040413 19:58]: > 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. May I disagree? I expected the ports system to use install to properly set up permissions for all files. At the very least, it should be documented somewhere. qvb -- pica
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