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quiqueck

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Registered: 2013-04-15

Posts: 94

[solved] upgrade cups: folder rights differs from package

Hi,

after an upgrade to cups-2.0.0-2-x86_64 pacman warn me about different rights on filesystem and package:

warning: directory permissions differ on /var/cache/cups/
filesystem: 775  package: 770

I don't know, what rights are the right ones, or what causes this warning, because older cups-upgrades do not show this warning.

$ ls -l /var/cache/
total 28
drwxrwxr-x  3 root lp   4096 Oct 31 14:38 cups
[...]

Last edited by quiqueck (2014-11-05 15:25:46)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [solved] upgrade cups: folder rights differs from package

always use the permissions given for package.

The 770 is more restrictive (it limits access owner and group members only) , while 775 is much  more permissive and could cause security issues.

you can use a filemanger like midnight commander to change the folde rpermissions, or use chown .

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ratcheer

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Registered: 2011-10-09

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Re: [solved] upgrade cups: folder rights differs from package

I got the same message when I installed the new CUPS. I ignored it.

Tim

alphaniner

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Registered: 2010-07-12

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Re: [solved] upgrade cups: folder rights differs from package

@quiqueck: You can use the -d flag to display a directory rather than its contents:

$ ls -ld /var/cache/cups
drwxrwx--- 3 root lp 4096 Nov  5 09:28 /var/cache/cups

Just FYI. I've been using Linux for years and only recently figured this out! <facepalm>

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quiqueck

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Registered: 2013-04-15

Posts: 94

Re: [solved] upgrade cups: folder rights differs from package

Thanks for your replys.

I changed the rights with:

# chmod 770 /var/cache/cups/

:-)