Incorrect permissions or group membership to get /etc/couchdb

Bug #403575 reported by Zachery Bir
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
desktopcouch
Invalid
High
Unassigned
couchdb (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Ken VanDine

Bug Description

the permissions on /etc/couchdb:

  drwxrwx--- 2 couchdb couchdb 4096 2009-07-22 15:23 couchdb

Prevents make start from working correctly in a dev environment. kenvandine reports that adding yourself to the couchdb group ameliorates the issue.

Tags: w15

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Zachery Bir (urbanape)
tags: added: w15
Changed in desktopcouch:
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) wrote :

I think this really needs to be fixed in the couchdb package

Changed in couchdb (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) wrote :

This changes the permissions on /etc/couchdb and /etc/couchdb/default.ini to be world readable, it doesn't contain any sensitive information. I left /etc/couchdb/local.ini as only readable by couchdb:couchdb since users may put passwords into it.

Changed in couchdb (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in desktopcouch:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package couchdb - 0.9.0-2ubuntu4

---------------
couchdb (0.9.0-2ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/postinst
    - Change the default permissions on /etc/couchdb to 0775,
      /etc/couchdb/default.ini to 0774 and /etc/couchdb/local.ini
      to 0770 (LP: #403575)
  * debian/control
    - Bump the Standards-Version to 3.8.2 (latest)

 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:35:12 -0400

Changed in couchdb (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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