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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:50:48 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: permissions problem with installations from PORTS
Message-ID:  <xzp65c29107.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20040414110148.GB24304@grummit.biaix.org> (Joan Picanyol's message of "Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:01:48 %2B0200")
References:  <1081712536.258.7.camel@fast.mmercer.com> <20040411223801.GA60944@grummit.biaix.org> <xzpr7urahq1.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040414110148.GB24304@grummit.biaix.org>

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Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> writes:
> * Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [20040413 19:58]:
> > Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> writes:
> > > 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.

You deliberately ignored the following warning:

=3D=3D=3D>  Warning: your umask is 077
      If this is not desired, set it to an appropriate value
      and install this port again by ``make reinstall''

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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