[OS X TeX] Permissions in .texlive2007

[Axel E. Retif]

On  21 May, 2007, at 20:53, S P Suresh wrote:

> Dear Axel,
>
> I figured out what could have caused the problem. I was checking  
> OnyX out, and without realising the implications for the TeX  
> installation, I ran repair permissions from it (even though there  
> was absolutely no need to!). I checked the file and its permissions  
> were 755. After seeing your mail, I have changed the permissions to  
> match yours. But I am not sure about the subdirectories. Can you  
> tell me what their permissions should be?
>
> I now remember that there was some discussion about 'Repair  
> permissions' and its effects on the TeX installation at some point  
> of this. But I wasn't remembering any of this until now. Can  
> someone tell me what the permissions ought to be for .texlive2007  
> and its subdirectories?

I'm really not sure, but these are mine (check David Watson's as well):

ll -R .texlive2007/
total 0
drwxrwxr-t    3 axretif  axretif   102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-x   84 axretif  axretif  2856 May 21 13:43 ../
drwxrwxr-t    3 axretif  axretif   102 Feb 21 05:45 texmf-var/

.texlive2007//texmf-var:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 fonts/

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
drwxrwxr-t   5 axretif  axretif  170 Mar  1 04:53 tfm/

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   5 axretif  axretif  170 Mar  1 04:53 ./
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ../
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 bh/
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 28 03:26 ibm/
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Mar  1 04:53 unknown/

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/bh:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t   5 axretif  axretif  170 Mar  1 04:53 ../
drwxrwxr-t   2 axretif  axretif   68 Feb 21 05:45 luccyr/

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/bh/luccyr:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   2 axretif  axretif   68 Feb 21 05:45 ./
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 21 05:45 ../

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/ibm:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 28 03:26 ./
drwxrwxr-t   5 axretif  axretif  170 Mar  1 04:53 ../
drwxrwxr-t   2 axretif  axretif   68 Feb 28 03:26 universa/

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/ibm/universa:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   2 axretif  axretif   68 Feb 28 03:26 ./
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Feb 28 03:26 ../

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/unknown:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Mar  1 04:53 ./
drwxrwxr-t   5 axretif  axretif  170 Mar  1 04:53 ../
drwxrwxr-t   2 axretif  axretif   68 Mar  1 04:53 unknown/

.texlive2007//texmf-var/fonts/tfm/unknown/unknown:
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   2 axretif  axretif   68 Mar  1 04:53 ./
drwxrwxr-t   3 axretif  axretif  102 Mar  1 04:53 ../


Best,

Axel



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