Hi Nik, First, you should only add things to the gac as root, never as a normal user. We even tought of an additional user-gac, but I think the idea was dropped.
Second, everything in my gac is owned by user root and group root. And the permissions are drwxr-xr-x for directories /usr/lib/mono, /usr/lib/mono/gac, and for each assembly- related directory inside /usr/lib/mono/gac and their version-pl. Taking for example Npgsql.dll instaled in my gac we have a directory /usr/lib/mono/gac/Npgsql/1.0.5000.0__5d8b90d52f46fda7/ containing -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 181760 Mar 21 15:46 Npgsql.dll -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106152 Mar 21 15:46 Npgsql.dll.mdb Assemblies in the GAC are shared content so they must be readable by everyone. The execute permissions on dlls are just a reminder because they need to be loaded and executed by mono. In case you don't know: the execute bits in permissions for directories are used to mark them as "listable" (browseable), so if you take them out the affect user/group won't be able to find/open the files, even if the files' permissions allow. HIH, On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 22:54 +1100, Nik Derewianka wrote: > Hi, > > New to linux (suse 9.2) so please bear with me: > > Using mono 1.1.4 all the files in my GAC have owner/group of root. In > my code where i use the Npgsql connector, my code runs fine when > executed under root but under a normal user it bombs out badly: > > ** (postgres.exe:9267): WARNING **: Could not find assembly Npgsql, > references from /home/nik/postgres.exe (assemblyref_index=1) > Major/Minor: 1,0 > Build: 5000,0 > Token: 5d8b90d52f46fda7 > System error: No such file or directory > > > ** (postgres.exe:9267): WARNING **: Missing method .ctor in assembly > /home/nik/postgres.exe typeref index 2 > > Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not > set to an instance of an object > > > Likewise, when using the gacutil to install npgsql from a normal user i > get errors and it mentions permissions. > > So what user/group should i be setting the files in the gac to ?? If i > change the group to 'users' with read perms then it complains about > /etc/mono/machine.config > > It just doesnt feel right that i need to be opening up all the perms on > things - but maybe this is how linux does things... if so is there any > recommended set of permissions (or have i royally botched something up > with the install ?). > > Any help appreciated, > Nik > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > E-mail classificado pelo Identificador de Spam Inteligente Terra. > Para alterar a categoria classificada, visite > http://mail.terra.com.br/protected_email/imail/imail.cgi?+_u=rafael.teixeirabr&_l=1,1111492933.424241.11838.cabue.terra.com.br,4034,Des15,Des15 > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. > Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 21/03/2005 / Vers�o: 4.4.00 - > Dat 4451 > Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/ > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
