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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Konqueror and umask
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-03-28 8:35:29
Message-ID: 200603281035.29645.thiago () kde ! org
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Andreas Pakulat wrote:
>Hi,
>
>by accident I noticed that konqueror stops working when setting my umask
>to 222.
>
>Running umask 222; konqueror in a terminal brings it up and the "start
>page" is white background with the text and broken images. No background
>color or image. Putting a local path in the address-lineedit and loading
>it brings up a message box telling me the process for the file-protocoll
>"ended unexpectedly". The same with http-loading.
>
>Before I file a bug report I'd like to know two things:
>
>1. Is this just the KIO slaves not working with the umask?

Probably a lot more.

>2. Is there maybe a reason why this umask setting causes such behaviour?

All created files are created read-only, even though the first time it's 
opened, it's actually writable. So if it's trying to pass files to 
another process (think temporary files), they become un-writable. It's 
also possible that sockets are not connectable if you can't write to 
them, which in turn would explain why ioslaves stopped working.

So, no, don't report a bug. You're not supposed to run under umask 222.

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