Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:25:16 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GUI for file permissions management Message-ID: <20091119192516.GA26901@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <18071eea0911191123sdee2958ve7fafea5d2912dd0@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091119070623.GB18533@guilt.hydra> <18071eea0911190022o6651d767l6cbbb5a14ac07166@mail.gmail.com> <20091119190507.GA26507@guilt.hydra> <18071eea0911191123sdee2958ve7fafea5d2912dd0@mail.gmail.com>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 07:23:33PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote: > 2009/11/19 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>: > > Those are all filesystem browsers/managers -- right? =A0I've already to= ld > > the person who asked that many such applications have that kind of > > functionality. =A0In my initial question to this list, I said: >=20 > I know what you mentioned -- unfortunately you're only going to find > what you want as *part* of something much larger -- in this case a > file manager. And in the examples I gave, those are considered > light-weight, especially midnight commander. >=20 > > Do you know if there's anything like *that* available, rather than an > > entire filesystem browser/manager application that just happens to also > > have a way to change permissions on files and directories? >=20 > See above. I have never come across anything standalone, and at this > point, given your somewhat unique requirements, you might be better > off writing one yourself perhaps in Tk or something. :) I was afraid that might be the case. I guess the filesystem browser approach and the desktop environment approach are the only options available to the person who asked the question, then -- at least unless and until I develop the urge to write a permissions management GUI that I'll probably never use myself. Thanks for confirming my suspicions. >=20 > > Also . . . do any of the applications you mentioned provide a way to > > manage things like umasks or home directory default permissions? =A0In = my > > original post to this list, I had also mentioned that sort of thing: >=20 > This would be more beneficial as a shell setting -- changing one's > umask at the drop of a hat is almost always the wrong thing to do. It's not so much for the purpose of being able to change it at the drop of a hat that the person asked me about this, I think. He just wants to be able to do everything without ever having to touch a configuration file directly. While I think that's probably the wrong way to do it, some people just refuse to take a different approach, and I still feel the urge to try to be helpful when someone asks how he can do something. >=20 > >> > =A0login.conf or adduser.conf configuration > > > > . . . though I'm not holding my breath on that. =A0I rather suspect > > managing umasks in login.conf and user directory default permissions in > > adduser.conf is not something anyone has bothered to incorporate in a G= UI > > interface. >=20 > Correct, see above. It's not something one would interactively > change. especially as it's a shell setting -- so this GUI app would > have a hard time enforcing it (c.f. interactive shell instances > already open.) I don't think he cares as much about *enforcing* it as about setting defaults that can be overridden on a case-by-case basis, rather than having to override a default he doesn't want in almost every case. Anyway . . . thanks again for the responses. I'll just add some confirmation of my suspicion that nothing like what I asked about exists to my repertoire of knowledge. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksFm5wACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVpEwCgiuX/pRZ8f6md0nPwzNeeTO2b rF0An013mUIwMMUiDvqSbbiSHiBRuznA =49F7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--
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