On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:44:29AM -0600, Dan Armbrust wrote:
> > Plus whatever protections the file permissions provide.  If a directory is
> > 755 but a file in it is 600, that's better protection than if the file is
> > 644.  If they made the file 644 in a directory that is 755, that would be
> > especially reckless, so I was wondering about that.  If they made the file
> > 600, that would suggest that they see the problem, but they think the file
> > permission is enough to deal with it.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> 
> dana at strongbad:~ =>ls -al .kde/share/apps/okular/docdata/
> total 4
> drwx------ 2 dana dana  88 2010-02-15 11:43 .
> drwx------ 3 dana dana 104 2010-02-15 11:43 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 dana dana 363 2010-02-15 11:43 31460.sample.pdf.xml
> 
> 
> Sigh.  But the directory permissions above the file are 700.
> 
> The fact that the file even exists without the app informing me about
> it is what irks me.

They wanted to be "user-friendly" and not scare or annoy you with the
warning dialog.  And in all fairness, most users will just
click-through it with reckless abandon.

Oh well,
florin

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