I’m getting some logs during update, what to do about this? (494/726) upgrading libvirt [#######################################################################################] 100% wa…

[image] Tribble: Actually is a poor design that the update does not automatically change these permissions. i can see old installs of Manjaro being plagued with security issues because of this. The package-suggested permissions are not always correct, which is unfortunately a consequence of…

[image] Aragorn: However, in the case of the directory I was referencing higher up — specifically, /etc/bluetooth — there is no immutable attribute set, nor would that be desirable. And yet the bluez package — which is developed by either IBM or Intel, I’m not sure — installs that directory with…

The owner flags could also be used in good faith, if some root scripts check beforehand all permissions before committing changes, so even if the script is running as root, they check for all permissions for al files and directories, instead of doing the operations directly. This is like having some…

[image] Tribble: Because the owner will always have read and write access to things he’s owner, otherwise could lock himself out forever by removing either the read or write of his own stuff. That’s completely wrong. You can stop the owner from reading and writing, and they can still edit the…

[image] dmt: That’s completely wrong. You can stop the owning user from writing, etc, and they can still edit the permissions. dup here I edited my answer: you can only stop the owning user from reading and writing if the owner is not root or the one making the attempt is not root either. Th…

[image] Tribble: I edited my answer: you can only stop the owning user from reading and writing if the owner is not root Indeed.

I have written an elaborate tutorial about that subject. :point_down: [image] [Tutorial] Understanding and working with UNIX filesystems and permissions Tutorials Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ Note: This post is meant as a tutorial. Please do not post on this thread …

[image] Aragorn: [image] soundofthunder: I guess that’s the trouble with tribbles… :vulcan_salute: I’ve heard that the Klingons don’t like them much… :stuck_out_tongue: Yes, I understand they cause serious venting of warp plasma. Such a gaseous anomaly must not be too comfortable. …

I’d love to like this - but I really don’t know what it might mean. :man_shrugging: no idea at all but I’m german and thus perhaps particularly insensitive to this kind of (probably british?) humour :slightly_smiling_face:

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I have written an elaborate tutorial about that subject.