linux-2.6.0 kernel distribution non-world-readable files

linux-2.6.0 kernel distribution non-world-readable files

[Ross Boswell]

In trying to do the Right Thing (tm) and compile the kernel without
root privilege, I discovered that the following files in the
standard linux-2.6.0 distribution seem to have read permission
for user and group but not other:

linux-2.6.0/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
linux-2.6.0/drivers/input/joystick/grip_mp.c
linux-2.6.0/drivers/char/agp/isoch.c
linux-2.6.0/include/video/neomagic.h

I guess this needs fixing.

Merry Christmas -- Ross

Re: linux-2.6.0 kernel distribution non-world-readable files

[Thomas Zehetbauer]

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When you unpack the tar as an unprivileged user you get ownership of the
files and can compile. root on the other hand should have a restrictive
umask setting so you would need to chmod anyways. However I find myself
typing "chown -R 0.0 .; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX ." quite often so I would
appreciate some kind of a (set|fix)perms target.

Tom

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