gnats/381: auto category creation doesn't set other permission - query-pr can't access

gnats/381: auto category creation doesn't set other permission - query-pr can't access

[kmcfarland]

>Number:         381
>Category:       gnats
>Synopsis:       auto category creation doesn't set other permission - query-pr can't access
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 23 08:56:51 -0400 2002
>Originator:     kmcfarland@starentnetworks.com
>Release:        beta4  3.999
>Organization:

>Environment:
Debian Linux
>Description:

I have gnats4 up and running just fine.  Added a new category
but did not run mkcat.  The new documentation says that this isn't
required.  When a new bug came in for that Category the directory
was created fine, but the permission for that category didn't allow
read/execute access for "other".  The gnatsweb was able to do querys/viewing
of these bugs, but query-pr run by a individual would't allow the user to
see the bugs in this new category.  

I changed the permission for that directory and everything was fine.
It appears that gnats should do this when auto-creating new categories.


/usr/bin/query-pr 3686 -d myDB

would return a blank line.



It created a dir like this:
===========================
drwxr-x---    2 gnats    gnats        4096 Apr 22 16:56 .


vs.

Needs to be like this:
======================

drwxr-xr-x    2 gnats    gnats        4096 Apr 22 16:56 .
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Unknown
>Unformatted:
 

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Re: gnats/381: auto category creation doesn't set other permission - query-pr can't access

[Lars Henriksen]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:56:52AM -0400, kmcfarland@starentnetworks.com wrote:
> >Number:         381
> >Category:       gnats
> >Synopsis:       auto category creation doesn't set other permission - query-pr can't access
...
>                                          Added a new category
> but did not run mkcat.  The new documentation says that this isn't
> required.  When a new bug came in for that Category the directory
> was created fine, but the permission for that category didn't allow
> read/execute access for "other".

Default permissions are set in the first section of the dbconfig file:

database-info {
...
    # If true, directories for categories are automatically created if they
    # don't already exist.
    create-category-dirs true

    # The default permission mask for new category directories.
    category-dir-perms "0755"
}

Lars Henriksen

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