[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #628: files overly writable

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#628: files overly writable
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 Reporter:  hamish   |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  minor    |   Milestone:                           
Component:  LiveDVD  |    Keywords:  777, perms               
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 Hi,

 in the ~user/data/ menu, these dirs are set a+w, which is to be avoided:
  * kml/
  * raster/
  * spatialite/
  * udig-data/

 besides being a security risk, it also means that the files will be held
 in RAM(?), which is bad.

 if you need to keep a file writable, add it to the "users" group.

 e.g.:
 {{{
 chown -R root.users pathname/
 chmod -R g+w pathname/
 adduser user users
 }}}

 as GID survives the ISO building process while UID does not.


 Hamish

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/628>
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