On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 07:46:29AM +0100, Olivier Sallou wrote: > > > > Is making a "prokka" group to own this directory the only option? > > Can't location be specified at runtime?
No. Its a patch anyway. > If yes, either user is root and there is no pb, either he should copy > var/lib/prokka to a writable dir and specify location at runtime. > > For a multi user env, it would be weird for a tool to allow anyone on server > to modify a central db. > Creating a group may not be enough. For reading, ok, but to modify a file > (db) created by an other user, it depends on software, if filebus created in > mode 77x ou 75x. If file is created in 75x even bein in group will not allow > for modification I perfectly agree. What about approaching upstream about this? Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de
