> On 10 Dec 2013, at 12:10, JLuc <jluc at no-log.org> wrote:
>
> Le 10/12/2013 11:18, Craig Bradney a ?crit :
>> I agree that Scribus should maintain ownership settings on files
> > however the idea that it should change permissions on files based on the
> > parent directory permissions is false.
> > There's no standard saying that a directory's settings must determine the
> > file settings at all, anywhere on any OS .
>
> Whether it is a standard or not, it's a bad thing to restrict the permission
> to the user only.
No, it's called security and this is most important of all.
>
> The user ou creates the output is not the creator of the images
> or of the fonts or of color profiles,
> Why should the collected_for_output items have different rights
> than the original ones,
> and differents rights than the "collect-for-output" created SLA itself ?
Well exactly! Have the files set correctly originally, then Scribus should not
be changing them.
>
> Whatever the uncommon reason for this - if there is one -,
> it is much more important to allow cooperative work,
> and to allow to share documents amongst the group.
>
Again, security control should be the highest concern. If there's a change of
permissions by Scribus then we need to fix that but it should not be opening up
security permissions, the folders and files should be correct already.
Craig
