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On 4/6/13 5:52 AM, Vyacheslav Matyukhin wrote:
>> @@ -291,9 +291,10 @@ sub setup { my $enable_1777; if ($is_root)
>> { print_tty "\nSystem-wide installations usually need to store
>> service-related data\n"; -        print_tty "into data dir for
>> different users. For non-root services to work\n"; -
>> print_tty "1777 grants for some data dir subdirectories is
>> required.\n"; -        print_tty "(1777 grants means that
>> everyone is able to write to the dir,\n"; +        print_tty
>> "into various data directories for different users.\n";
> 
> (Note: English is not my native language. So I just want you to
> confirm that there's no ambiguity in your version.)

Oh, I know. As a native English speaker who has just a smattering of a
few other languages, I'm always immensely impressed with how well
non-native speakers often learn English.

> 
> I'm reading "various data directories" as "one directory per user",
> which is not what happens. There's
> `/var//lib/ubic/{status,lock,tmp,...}`, each of these are 1777. Am
> I wrong in my parsing of this sentence? Does saying "various"
> instead of, for example, "separate", clear things up enough in your
> opinion?

That was exactly why I wanted to eliminate "for different users".

Hm, it seems that github's 'edit in place' chewed up some of my
changes here. In order to be both correct and clear, I think it should
read something like:

System-wide installations usually need to store service-related data
in various data directories. In order for services that are not
running as root to work, those directories need to be accessible such
as with permissions mode 1777. (1777 means that everyone is able to
read and write to the directory but the 'sticky bit' is set so only
the file owner is able to modify or delete files)


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Duncan Hutty
http://www.allgoodbits.org
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