On Tuesday 04 September 2012 09:05 PM, Agustin Martin wrote: > apt-get sets normal permissions under /var/lib/apt/lists/ as > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > > for downloaded files and only keeps the lock file not world readable. > > However, when that stuff is installed by apt-offline only Sources and > packages files stay world readable, but not Release and Release.gpg files.
Which debian release are you on? The latest, Wheezy, does not seem to use Release file any more. It uses the new InRelease approach. But I'll still fix it. World readable is not a troublesome permission. > This causes "Permission denied" errors when using "apt-cache search", > apparently for no good reason. > > Also, *.deb packages installed by apt-offline under > /var/cache/apt/archives are not world readable, while "apt-get" installs > them world readable. > > I'll check this too. Thank you. -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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