59400 – Wrong permissions on /var/cache/man

Bug 59400 - Wrong permissions on /var/cache/man

Summary: Wrong permissions on /var/cache/man

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 40322

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2004-08-04 07:33 UTC by L.Stohlmann
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description L.Stohlmann 2004-08-04 07:33:09 UTC

Comment 1 L.Stohlmann 2004-08-04 07:39:03 UTC

Binary /usr/bin/man is setgid man
Cache dir /var/cache/man is owned by root:root and only 
writeable for root.
So, man can only save preformatted pages viewed by root

Fix:
chgrp -R man /var/cache/man
chmod -R g+w /var/cache/man (or even "chmod -R g+w,u-w /var/cache/man")

To disable saving of preformatted man pages entirely, i 
think it would be better to use the switch in /etc/man.conf.

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-04 10:36:59 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40322 ***