On Sep 12, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Kais wrote:
I still don't understand why QS can stay connected to that folder and execute files even if I applied these modifications a long time ago (I shut down the computer everyday). Don't you think this is a security problem with Mac ? Because you never can be certain that a folder has been read or not by another user before you change its permissions...
I'm a Unix nerd, so I don't use the Finder to set permissions and wasn't sure what it was actually doing. After looking at it, the "drop box" option seems to remove read permission, but leave write and execute permission. Without the execute permission, you wouldn't be able to drop files there.
Removing read permission prevents you from listing the contents of the directory, but you can still open a file in that directory if you have the correct permissions on the file itself, and you already know it's name/location.
It's definitely strange that Quicksilver is keeping them in the catalog for so long (thereby giving you their location). I don't know much about how or when it purges items, but I thought it was better than what you're describing.
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