[GRASS-dev] mapset permissions: only owner should have write permissions

[Markus Metz]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Markus Metz wrote:
>
>>  In this case, would it be ok to enforce umask to 0022 in the start up
>> script?
>
> two rules to thumb:
>
> we shouldn't restrict others to the limits of our own imagination.
>  (if someone wants to set their umask to allow 777 for whatever reason
>   or need, why not let them?)
>
> it's not broken == don't fix it
>
>
> ... my suggestion is just leave the thing alone. why make work for people?

Just to clarify, I no longer want to enforce permissions inside GRASS,
but will instead enforce permissions on system level, outside GRASS.
Maybe our shared network GRASS data are a special case.

Markus M