Author: frank
Date: 2006-03-15 19:37:03 +0000 (Wed, 15 Mar 2006)
New Revision: 1068
Modified:
tex-common/trunk/debian/README.Debian
tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
Add a remark in README.Debian that per default users are not member of
the "users" group, probably closes #356960
Modified: tex-common/trunk/debian/README.Debian
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/debian/README.Debian 2006-03-15 19:30:07 UTC (rev
1067)
+++ tex-common/trunk/debian/README.Debian 2006-03-15 19:37:03 UTC (rev
1068)
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
By default and according to long-standing tradition, the TeX font
cache directory /var/cache/fonts is world-writable. We suggest that
you at least restrict write permissions to a particular group,
-e.g. "users". Since this still allows every group member to create
-arbitrary files on the /var partition, even this might be a security
-risk, depending on local requirements and policy.
+e.g. "users" (note, however, that the default Debian installation does
+not put users into that group!). Since this still allows every group
+member to create arbitrary files on the /var partition, even this
+might be a security risk, depending on local requirements and policy.
You can use "dpkg-reconfigure -plow tex-common" to restrict write
access to some group. Alternatively, you could put /var/cache/fonts
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@
cache directories, please make this change manually.
- -- Frank K�ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thu Feb 23 18:02:37 2006
+ -- Frank K�ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wed Mar 15 20:38:13 2006
Modified: tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog 2006-03-15 19:30:07 UTC (rev 1067)
+++ tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog 2006-03-15 19:37:03 UTC (rev 1068)
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
#- Update french debconf translation, thanks to Steve
#<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (closes: #356840) [frank]
# incomplete
+ * Add a remark in README.Debian that per default users are not member of
+ the "users" group, probably closes #356960
- -- Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:34:09 +0100
+ -- Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:38:51 +0100
tex-common (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
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