xfig doc files permissions

xfig doc files permissions

[Eliot Moss]

This is to the cygwin maintainer of xfig.  Whenever there is a new release
and I update the doc files in /usr/share/doc/xfig, my backup program cannot
read most of the file.  This is because their permissions are 700, and the
backup tool does not run as me (it wants SYSTEM access).  700 does not seem
appropriate for doc files - maybe 644, or for executables 755?  Perhaps in
future releases this can be adjusted so I don't have tp go in and manually
change the permissions.  (It's not a big issue that the files don't back up,
but the backup program stalls on them for a long time trying, so it needlessly
slows down backups.)  If anybody cares, the backup program is CrashPlan.

Regards -- EM

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Re: xfig doc files permissions

[Marco Atzeri]

back in the mailing list

On 12/07/2016 16:30, Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 7/12/2016 10:20 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>> On 12/07/2016 16:08, Eliot Moss wrote:
>>> This is to the cygwin maintainer of xfig.  Whenever there is a new
> release
>>> and I update the doc files in /usr/share/doc/xfig, my backup program
> cannot
>>> read most of the file.  This is because their permissions are 700,
> and the
>>> backup tool does not run as me (it wants SYSTEM access).  700 does
> not seem
>>> appropriate for doc files - maybe 644, or for executables 755?
> Perhaps in
>>> future releases this can be adjusted so I don't have tp go in and
> manually
>>> change the permissions.  (It's not a big issue that the files don't back
>>> up,
>>> but the backup program stalls on them for a long time trying, so it
>>> needlessly
>>> slows down backups.)  If anybody cares, the backup program is CrashPlan.
>>>
>>> Regards -- EM
>>>
>>
>> the files are 644 on my system,
>> same on the tar file
>>

>> -rw-r--r-- vzell/None    17625 2016-06-29 13:34
> usr/share/doc/xfig/FORMAT3.1
>> -rw-r--r-- vzell/None    20185 2016-06-29 13:34
> usr/share/doc/xfig/FORMAT3.2
>
> True, those files have reasonable permissions, but look in the
> subdirectories,
> e.g., usr/share/doc/xfig/html.  The files there are mostly rwx------ in
> the tar
> file (I just looked at xfig-3.2.5.c-3.tar.xz, downloaded today).
>
> Regards -- Eliot Moss

you are right

$ tar -tvf xfig-3.2.5c-3.tar.xz |grep html |head
drwxrwxr-x vzell/None        0 2016-06-29 13:35 usr/share/doc/xfig/html/
-rwx------ vzell/None     3656 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/accelerators.html
-rwx------ vzell/None      998 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/animate.js
-rwx------ vzell/None    40959 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/attributes.html
-rwx------ vzell/None     7303 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/authors.html
-rw-r--r-- vzell/None    21545 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/bugs_fixed.html
-rwx------ vzell/None     2815 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_accelerators.html
-rwx------ vzell/None     2811 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_attributes.html
-rwx------ vzell/None     2802 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_authors.html
-rwx------ vzell/None     2811 2016-06-29 13:35 
usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_bugs_fixed.html




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Re: xfig doc files permissions

[Dr. Volker Zell]

>>>>> Marco Atzeri writes:

    > back in the mailing list
    > On 12/07/2016 16:30, Eliot Moss wrote:
    >> On 7/12/2016 10:20 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
    >>> On 12/07/2016 16:08, Eliot Moss wrote:
    >>>> This is to the cygwin maintainer of xfig.  Whenever there is a new
    >> release
    >>>> and I update the doc files in /usr/share/doc/xfig, my backup program
    >> cannot
    >>>> read most of the file.  This is because their permissions are 700,
    >> and the
    >>>> backup tool does not run as me (it wants SYSTEM access).  700 does
    >> not seem
    >>>> appropriate for doc files - maybe 644, or for executables 755?
    >> Perhaps in
    >>>> future releases this can be adjusted so I don't have tp go in and
    >> manually
    >>>> change the permissions.  (It's not a big issue that the files don't back
    >>>> up,
    >>>> but the backup program stalls on them for a long time trying, so it
    >>>> needlessly
    >>>> slows down backups.)  If anybody cares, the backup program is CrashPlan.
    >>>> 
    >>>> Regards -- EM
    >>>> 
    >>> 
    >>> the files are 644 on my system,
    >>> same on the tar file
    >>> 

    >>> -rw-r--r-- vzell/None    17625 2016-06-29 13:34
    >> usr/share/doc/xfig/FORMAT3.1
    >>> -rw-r--r-- vzell/None    20185 2016-06-29 13:34
    >> usr/share/doc/xfig/FORMAT3.2
    >> 
    >> True, those files have reasonable permissions, but look in the
    >> subdirectories,
    >> e.g., usr/share/doc/xfig/html.  The files there are mostly rwx------ in
    >> the tar
    >> file (I just looked at xfig-3.2.5.c-3.tar.xz, downloaded today).
    >> 
    >> Regards -- Eliot Moss

    > you are right

    > $ tar -tvf xfig-3.2.5c-3.tar.xz |grep html |head
    > drwxrwxr-x vzell/None        0 2016-06-29 13:35 usr/share/doc/xfig/html/
    > -rwx------ vzell/None     3656 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/accelerators.html
    > -rwx------ vzell/None      998 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/animate.js
    > -rwx------ vzell/None    40959 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/attributes.html
    > -rwx------ vzell/None     7303 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/authors.html
    > -rw-r--r-- vzell/None    21545 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/bugs_fixed.html
    > -rwx------ vzell/None     2815 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_accelerators.html
    > -rwx------ vzell/None     2811 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_attributes.html
    > -rwx------ vzell/None     2802 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_authors.html
    > -rwx------ vzell/None     2811 2016-06-29 13:35
    > usr/share/doc/xfig/html/but_frm_bugs_fixed.html


Hi all

Noted...will fix when I have time...

Thanks
  Volker
  

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