Re: [Libreoffice] Unix permissions in scp2/inc/macros.inc

On 29.07.2011, at 21:04, Tomáš Chvátal <scarabeus@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