'chmod 777' not 'chmod 755' ?

What are the security implications?

Thx, Bill.

https://linuxhandbook.com/chmod-command/



On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 1:53 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote:

> On 2/13/21 12:35 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > After updating from
> >
> >       https://github.com/nxadm/rakudo-pkg/releases
> >
> >       RakudoPkgFedora33-2020.12.x86_64.rpm
> >       -->
> >       RakudoPkgFedora33-2020.12.04.x86_64.rpm
> >
> > If you are getting  getting a TON of warning errors when
> > starting your programs beginning with:
> >
> >       WARNING: unhandled Failure detected in DESTROY. If
> >       you meant to ignore it, you can mark it as handled
> >       by calling .Bool, .so, .not, or .defined methods.
> >       The Failure was:
> >
> >       Failed to create directory
> '/opt/rakudo-pkg/share/perl6/vendor/short'
> >       with mode '0o777': Failed to mkdir: Permission denied
> >      in any statement_control at
> > /opt/rakudo-pkg/bin/../share/perl6/lib/Perl6/Grammar.moarvm line 1
> >
> >
> > The fix is to do it yourself:
> >
> > $ cd /opt/rakudo-pkg/share/perl6/vendor
> > $ su root -c "mkdir short; chmod -R 777 short"
> >
> > (You can do this with sudo too. I just don't like
> > the command.)
> >
> > I did 2777 to see if the ownership would change after
> > running a program.  It did not.
> >
> >
> > I have reported the bug over at:
> >     ‘/opt/rakudo-pkg/share/perl6/vendor/short’: Permission denied
> >     https://github.com/nxadm/rakudo-pkg/issues/78
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps someone else,
> > -T
>
> Apparently this error occurs if you are using
> customer modules, which I use out the wazoo.
> ("Wazoo" is American slang for "plentiful")
>
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