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[Bug 1000543] [NEW] Odd permissions on $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions make the directory unreadable by the owner

 

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The directory $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions has odd permissions. The
owner of the directory cannot read the contents of this directory.

$ ls -ld ~/.config/nautilus-actions/
d-wxr-xr-T 2 stefanl stefanl 4096 May 10 08:55 /home/stefanl/.config/nautilus-actions/
$ ls -l ~/.config/nautilus-actions/
ls: cannot open directory /home/stefanl/.config/nautilus-actions/: Permission denied

$ cd $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions/
$ ls -la
ls: cannot open directory .: Permission denied


As a result, backup programs such as 'deja-dup' and 'backintime' will fail. Any command which scans the users home directory will complain. 

Here is a simple example using the 'find' command:

stefanl@gondor:~ $ find $HOME >/dev/null
find: `/home/stefanl/.config/nautilus-actions': Permission denied

This is a subdirectory within a users home directory which cannot be
read by the user. That seems wrong, and makes me uncomfortable from a
security standpoint. Malware could install itself to this directory
since the user has write permissions. However, the user would have
trouble detecting this malware within the directory since they do not
have read permissions.

This looks like a bug to me. If it is not a bug, then can someone please
justify this behavior?

** Affects: nautilus-actions (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: precise
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Odd permissions on $HOME/.config/nautilus-actions make the directory unreadable by the owner
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000543
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