[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #914: Permissions on user's .qgis directory

[Alex Mandel]

On 06/30/2012 06:04 AM, OSGeo wrote:
> #914: Permissions on user's .qgis directory
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>  Reporter:  micha    |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
>      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
>  Priority:  major    |   Milestone:                           
> Component:  LiveDVD  |    Keywords:  qgis permissions         
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>  The directory ~user/.qgis is owned by root. As a result 'user' cannot
>  install QGIS plugins.
> 


I'm looking into this and starting to wonder if it's an error in the
packaging/upstream since I heard a similar bug from a friend doing their
own personal install and can't see anything in the qgis installer that
even touches this folder.

Thanks,
Alex