This one time, at band camp, Nicolas George said:
> In dvdbackup.c, there is (several times) the following line:
>
> if (mkdir(targetname, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR) != 0) {
>
> The result is that the directories are created with paranoid permissions.
> Unlike mail or password-holding files, a DVD backup has no reason to be
> specifically private. Therefore, the standard umask mechanism should apply:
> all files should be created 666 (or 777 if they are executable) and all
> directories 777, with the umask bits automatically turned off.I do not like the idea of umask turned off, frankly. I can, in the general sense, see the idea of public copies by default as opposed to private copies by default (although I don't like it), but ignoring user set umask is more of a surprise than the current arrangement. What exactly are you looking for here? Usually when I run into these sorts of situations, there is a way to resolve them that preserves the principle of least surprise and allows the goal to be met at the same time. Take care, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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