On 03/06/2012 03:44 PM, Karl Fife wrote: > It's not a question of whether the default directory permissions are > appropriate. I agree with those. > > What we're talking about here is what happens during updates to an existing > directory. I can't see any rationale for changing the group permissions. If > the > group permissions differ from the installation defaults, it is because the > sysadmin needed them to be different in order to implement one or more methods > of extensibility / interoperability that make Asterisk so powerful. > > Absolutely, it would make sense for the installer to check to be sure it has > SUFFICIENT permissions to operate properly, but it is a huge leap of faith to > assume that it's appropriate to simply delete certain group permissions. > Users > only in the owner's group if they belong there, no?? > > The upshot is that ever since upgrading to 1.8 we have to re-re-re-reset the > group directory permissions to make things work, and that just seems insane to > me if that is a design choice, not a regression. > > -Karl >
It should only set them if the directory does not exist. If it's changing them, something is very seriously broken. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
