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rellieberman

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[SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

On updating accountsservice pacman warned a follows:

warning: directory permissions differ on /var/lib/AccountsService/users/
filesystem: 755  package: 700

It is my understanding the the package permissions were originally 755 and now changed to 700 while pacman doesn't change the directories' permission. Therefore the containing directory ( /var/lib/AccountsService/users/) is still 755 while the files it contains are 700.

Is this correct? and should I change the folders permission manually to fix this warning?

Thanks,
Ariel.

Last edited by rellieberman (2019-03-20 01:47:53)

ayekat

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

It is my understanding the the package permissions were originally 755 and now changed to 700 while pacman doesn't change the directories' permission. Therefore the containing directory ( /var/lib/AccountsService/users/) is still 755 while the files it contains are 700.

Yes, this is correct.

In this particular case, the change was made upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accounts … d9861f2e71

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teateawhy

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

I would change the title of the topic to something containing the term "accountsservice" or the path /var/lib/AccountsService/users/, so that it's easier to find.
Can someone recommend a course of action?

ayekat

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

I'd say the title is OK. I interpreted it as a more generic question in the sense of: "What to do if pacman gives permissions warnings? Is my assumption here correct?" + a concrete example (in this case AccountsService).

Also, the course of action is already given in OP's post: change the permissions to what the package indicates (unless you explicitly want to keep it the way it is, but then you'll be getting warnings on all subsequent upgrades again).

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rellieberman

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

Thanks for the replies!

I was essentially asking both, as I wasn't sure if I correctly understood the problem, as well as not sure what the correct way to solve it was.
Found the answers very useful, so thanks again.

GeneArch

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

While in general I'm totally fine with manual intervention - I think this is a case where it should be able to be done using pacman. It will be less error prone. I.e. add a new option to pacman

-f, --fix-file-perms
   Adjust any file permissions which differ between the filesystem and the package. See also -Qkk option to list packages for which a difference exists.

e.g.
# pacman -Sf accountsservice

directory permissions differ on /var/lib/AccountsService/users/
filesystem: 755  package: 700 - change to 700 (y/n?):  y
/var/lib/AccountsService/users changed to 700.

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rellieberman

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

Thanks!
That does seem to be the better way to address the permission mismatch.

rellieberman

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

I can't seem to find any official documentation of this option, can you point me in the right direction?

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

It's a suggestion/feature request.

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Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

That option doesn't exist, it was a suggestion for a new feature.

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rellieberman

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

Oh, I missed the "I.e. add a new option to pacman"
Thanks for the quick replies everyone.

apg

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman warning of permission mismatch

pacrepairfile does exist though.