cups-pdf requires rx permissions for ALL users in home directory

[bixejo]

Binary package hint: cups-pdf

For security reasons I decided to restrict access to my home directory for all users except for myself:

$ chmod 700 $HOME

I realized that when I try to print to PDF printer, it fails to generate the file in the directory $HOME/PDF. However, if I set my home directory to default permissions:

$ chmod 755 $HOME

, it succeeds. I don't know much details on this, but perhaps the printing process should take the effective user-id of the invoking user so that it would be capable of writing into $HOME/PDF without problems.

Regards,

--Bixejo

Further info:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
$ apt-cache policy cups-pdf
cups-pdf:
  Instalados: 2.4.8-1ubuntu1
  Candidato: 2.4.8-1ubuntu1
  Tabla de versión:
 *** 2.4.8-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

700 permissions on my home directory work fine for me in Karmic. Is this still an issue for you?

[bixejo (bixo-bixejo)]

Hello Rolf,

Thanks for your answer. At the point I sent the bug report it was a problem in Jaunty, but not in Hardy... weird.

Now I checked it again in both Hardy and Jaunty, and looks like I can indeed print to PDF printer with 700 permissions. Probably some installed update solved the issue.

Thank you very much again.

--Bixejo

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