On 29.07.2011, at 21:04, Tomáš Chvátal <scarab...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I was looking onto installed files by the libreoffice default install > method and noticed that they are not world writable. > > This is caused by definition in bootstrap/scp2/inc/macros.inc around > line 94 where it says: > > #define BIN_FILE_BODY \ > UnixRights = 555 > > #define TXT_FILE_BODY \ > UnixRights = 444 > > It would make much more sense to install files with perms for the owner > to write into them I would say so straight forward change to 755 and 644 > is what I am thinking about. > > The problem might be for installations where owner is not root and that > owner might want to manage the installation (things like Gentoo prefix). > > I would say that write protection for owner is usually required only on > files where it is really really really important they are not altered > directly by user, stuff like /etc/sudoers and similar stuff.
Sounds reasonable. I never understood the rationale behind non-writable for user, either. Looks like a somewhat misguided attempt at protecting the user from silly mistakes. -Stephan _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
