It shouldn't. Could you show me the permissions on /var/cache/man/cat8
(using 'ls -ld')?
drwxr-sr-x 15 man root 4096 Sep 28 07:48 /var/cache/man/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 28 08:28 /var/cache/man/cat1/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 21:20 /var/cache/man/cat2/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 21:20 /var/cache/man/cat3/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 21:20 /var/cache/man/cat4/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 27 23:30 /var/cache/man/cat5/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 27 23:30 /var/cache/man/cat6/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 27 23:30 /var/cache/man/cat7/
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 27 23:30 /var/cache/man/cat8/
You might like to file a bug report against the man-db package, where we
can sort this out in more detail.
Is it man-db or is it me? I've been following this list for some time
now, and I can't remember anyone complaining about this...
Also, what version of man-db are you using?
man-db 2.3.20-2
I've been playing around a little more with this and found out that
the cached .gz files are only created for user root, an not for other
users. That's not right, is it? Might be a clue...
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /var/cache/man/cat2/
total 8
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 21:20 ./
drwxr-sr-x 15 man root 4096 Sep 28 07:48 ../
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man 2 syslog
Reformatting syslog(2), please wait...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /var/cache/man/cat2/
total 8
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 21:20 ./
drwxr-sr-x 15 man root 4096 Sep 28 07:48 ../
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su -c 'man 2 syslog'
Password:
Reformatting syslog(2), please wait...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /var/cache/man/cat2/
total 12
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 28 09:09 ./
drwxr-sr-x 15 man root 4096 Sep 28 07:48 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 man root 2286 Jun 11 00:17 syslog.2.gz
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Thanks,
Thank you
Carlos
