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Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:40:50 +0200
From: Houder <houder AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: /bin/rebaselst: cannot create /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst: Permission denied
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On 2016-04-08 12:31, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Houder <houder <at> xs4all.nl> writes:
>> But I am missing some "Unix logic" here:
>> 
>>   - I modified the permissions of the files (chmod u+x)
> 
> What makes you think that these files should be executable?
> 
>>   - invoked setup (using -B)
>>      - rebaselst is content now, though
>>      - it creates the same files '666' !!!!!


MY APOLOGIES FOR WASTING YOUR TIME! I meant 444 (r--r--r--). Sigh.



> They don't need to be executable.  It's all just text, and mode 666 
> means
> read and writable to everyone.  In fact they are later made read-only 
> since
> they are written to just once on creation and then moved to .old on the 
> next
> invocation.
> 
>>   - again, I invoke setup (using -B)
>>   - now rebaselst complains ...
> 
> It complains about not being able to write to a file it creates with
> writable permission.  I can't see how that can happen nor how it's the 
> fault
> of rebaselst if it does.  It seems that maybe setup can't write the ACL
> changes that go along with the chmod, which would indicate that it's 
> not
> invoked as the same user that owns the directory (which, given the ACL
> you've shown is the only one with that right).
> 
>> As the files were created with the wrong permissions, I am not
>> surprised.
> 
> For the wrong reason, I suppose.
> 
> Regards,
> Achim.
> 
> 
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