[Live-demo] please avoid chown user:user

[Cameron Shorter]

Stefan,
Can you please explain these issues here: 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build#Packaging_conventions

If you know a link to a page somewhere which explains what is included 
in RAM as well, then please add a link to it.

Hamish wrote:
>>> please only change the write-permissions of a file only if
>>> you really, really have to. AFAIK everything writable is
>>> loaded into the memory, when you boot from the DVD.
>>>       
>
> Andrea wrote:
>   
>> The GeoServer data directory needs to be writable in order
>> for GeoServer to work.
>> By what you said all that I need to do is to change the
>> script so that all files are writable by everyone even
>> if they are owned by root?
>> Something like "chmod a+w -R <data dir>"?
>>     
>
> do the files need to be writable, or just the directory?
> i.e. does "a+w <data dir>"  but not for the files mean you can
> add new data to the dir but the existing files are not needlessly
> loaded into memory? or do the datafiles need to be modifiable for
> this program?
>
> Hamish
>
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