[mintbackup] saves folders/files with "root" as the owner
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux Mint |
Confirmed
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Low
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Clement Lefebvre |
Bug Description
mintbackup 2.0.2
Testing out the Backup Tool 2.x on Helena (which will be included in Isadora) I found out that it saves the software list with the user "root" as the owner of the file, and even the folder if "Create new folder" is done.
1.) Run the Backup Tool 2.0.2
2.) Select "Backup software selection"
3.) Under "Destination" select "Other" and create a new folder in your home directory called "software_list"
4.) Click "Forward" then "Apply"
If you check the permissions of the folder and file, it looks like this:
drwxr-xr-x root root software_list
-rw-r--r-- root root software_
The file and folder cannot be deleted, even if saved in your own home directory, unless you use the sudo command in a terminal.
This seems counter-intuitive for the Backup Tool.
A correction: The same problem occurs when backing up the user's files.
Changed in linuxmint: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
milestone: | none → isadora-stable |
assignee: | nobody → Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre) |
description: | updated |
Changed in linuxmint: | |
status: | Fix Released → In Progress |
status: | In Progress → Incomplete |
Changed in linuxmint: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in linuxmint: | |
milestone: | isadora-stable → julia-rc1 |
Changed in linuxmint: | |
milestone: | julia-rc1 → julia-stable |
summary: |
- Backup Tool 2.0.2 saves folders/files with "root" as the owner + [mintbackup] saves folders/files with "root" as the owner |
Changed in linuxmint: | |
milestone: | julia-stable → julia-maintenance |
Not sure how its counter intuitive as the application is meant to be a backup tool, which you
would later use to restore the same fie on another computer. Saving UID's other than root
makes little sense. However there is a possibility, once the tool has written the backup
list to disk, it could then proceed to set world-read/write permissions on the file (a+rw),
which would solve the issue of moving/deleting lists when not root, and avoid file managers
complaining about non-existent users etc.