[OS X TeX] Permissions in .texlive2007
Axel E. Retif
axretif at igo.com.mx
Mon May 21 22:18:15 EDT 2007
On 21 May, 2007, at 20:53, S P Suresh wrote:
> Dear Axel,
>
> I figured out what could have caused the problem. I was checking
> OnyX out, and without realising the implications for the TeX
> installation, I ran repair permissions from it (even though there
> was absolutely no need to!). I checked the file and its permissions
> were 755. After seeing your mail, I have changed the permissions to
> match yours. But I am not sure about the subdirectories. Can you
> tell me what their permissions should be?
>
> I now remember that there was some discussion about 'Repair
> permissions' and its effects on the TeX installation at some point
> of this. But I wasn't remembering any of this until now. Can
> someone tell me what the permissions ought to be for .texlive2007
> and its subdirectories?
I'm really not sure, but these are mine (check David Watson's as well):
ll -R .texlive2007/
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-x 84 axretif axretif 2856 May 21 13:43 ../
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 texmf-var/
.texlive2007//texmf-var:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 fonts/
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
drwxrwxr-t 5 axretif axretif 170 Mar 1 04:53 tfm/
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 5 axretif axretif 170 Mar 1 04:53 ./
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 bh/
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 28 03:26 ibm/
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Mar 1 04:53 unknown/
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/bh:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t 5 axretif axretif 170 Mar 1 04:53 ../
drwxrwxr-t 2 axretif axretif 68 Feb 21 05:45 luccyr/
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/bh/luccyr:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 2 axretif axretif 68 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/ibm:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 28 03:26 ./
drwxrwxr-t 5 axretif axretif 170 Mar 1 04:53 ../
drwxrwxr-t 2 axretif axretif 68 Feb 28 03:26 universa/
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/ibm/universa:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 2 axretif axretif 68 Feb 28 03:26 ./
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Feb 28 03:26 ../
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/unknown:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Mar 1 04:53 ./
drwxrwxr-t 5 axretif axretif 170 Mar 1 04:53 ../
drwxrwxr-t 2 axretif axretif 68 Mar 1 04:53 unknown/
.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/unknown/unknown:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t 2 axretif axretif 68 Mar 1 04:53 ./
drwxrwxr-t 3 axretif axretif 102 Mar 1 04:53 ../
Best,
Axel
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