"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Sure, but couldn't we automatically turn off the write bits?
> Just curious, but what do the write bits harm?
They're just extra protection against making a dumb mistake; the old
belt-AND-suspenders theory.
If we were to turn off group write permission on the CVS directories,
then the protection would be a lot stronger, but it would also prevent
manual fixes of the sort Bruce just made (or manual removal of stale
CVS lock files, as I can recall having to do several times). So I'm not
in favor of that. But "no write on the CVS data files" seems like a
good compromise policy.
Besides, it's a tad odd to see files that are marked group writable but
not owner writable. You've got to agree there's not much sense in that.
regards, tom lane
