While you argument is somewhat true, Linux is used as a server operating system more that a single user computer. And this can cause problems when ooRexx creates files to consumed by user other that the creator. It is especially problematic when an ooRexx server process (like mod_rexx for instance) creates files to be consumed later by other users. Those other users will not be able to read thos files without some intervention by the original owner.
David Ashley On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 20:29 +0000, Mike Cowlishaw wrote: > Sort of thought that Linux users were like Windows users .. > essentially a single-user machine. So the whole issue is somewhat > academic (as is perhaps proven by the fact that it took ten years to > notice). > > The whole multi-user-on-a-single-PC approach of Linux and Windows is a > bit dated. VMWare (and the like) are in a sense even more dated .. > but a better solution :-). > > Mike > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > From: Rick McGuire [mailto:object.r...@gmail.com] > Sent: 12 December 2013 20:09 > To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Bug or Not? > > > > Never even realized we were responsible for applying stuff > like that. Would have thought the system would have been > handling that. In any event, I think I agree we need to fix > that, although given nobody has complained about it before > this, I'm not sure I'd agree it needs to be fixed ASAP. In > any event, we should probably try to get it into 4.2.0. > > > Rick > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:00 PM, David Ashley > <w.david.ash...@gmail.com> wrote: > All - > > I cannot believe I have been using ooRexx on Linux for > about 10 years > and I just had something pointed to me by a user that > I have never > noticed before. > > When ooRexx creates a file on *nix that file is > created with the > permissions -rw------- which means that only the owner > can read and > write to the file. No other user (except of course > root) can open the > file in any mode. Of course this makes it impossible > for the file to be > shared with other users without modifying the > permissions. > > The basic problem here is that ooRexx is ignoring the > umask setting for > the user and always forcing the restricted permissions > on a new file. > > I believe this is a bug and needs to be fixed ASAP. > But I would like > some agreement on this before I open a bug ticket. > > David Ashley > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your > business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how > application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% > visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE > TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
