[tex-live] updmap and /

Lars Madsen daleif at imf.au.dk
Sun Mar 1 20:03:15 CET 2009


Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 06:21:35PM +0100, Lars Madsen wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to figure out why our system is set like this, not sure if it 
>>  is own own installation script or if it is redhat.
> 
> Perhaps a "security feature", it makes life for unauthorized access
> a little harder.
> 
>> I any case, a script like this should not make the assumption that / is 
>> readable since the user has no business there.
> 
> And the question is, why rm wants to read the directory.
> 

exactly

/daleif



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