Odd permissions on $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions make the directory unreadable by the owner
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nautilus-actions (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The directory $HOME/.
$ ls -ld ~/.config/
d-wxr-xr-T 2 stefanl stefanl 4096 May 10 08:55 /home/stefanl/
$ ls -l ~/.config/
ls: cannot open directory /home/stefanl/
$ cd $HOME/.
$ ls -la
ls: cannot open directory .: Permission denied
As a result, backup programs such as 'deja-dup' and 'backintime' will fail. Any command which scans the users home directory will complain.
Here is a simple example using the 'find' command:
stefanl@gondor:~ $ find $HOME >/dev/null
find: `/home/
This is a subdirectory within a users home directory which cannot be read by the user. That seems wrong, and makes me uncomfortable from a security standpoint. Malware could install itself to this directory since the user has write permissions. However, the user would have trouble detecting this malware within the directory since they do not have read permissions.
This looks like a bug to me. If it is not a bug, then can someone please justify this behavior?
tags: | added: precise |
summary: |
- $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions permissions make directory unreadable by - the owner + Odd permissions on $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions make the directory + unreadable by the owner |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.