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Description of problem: Installation of icedtea-web package changes /usr/bin permissions from 555 to 755. Is this required? Changes are made with icedtea-web-1.1.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm icedtea-web-1.1.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm permissions are not changed with icedtea-web-1.0.4-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# ls -ld /usr/bin dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root 94208 Sep 13 07:05 /usr/bin [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# rpm -i icedtea-web-1.0.4-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# ls -ld /usr/bin dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root 94208 Sep 13 07:06 /usr/bin [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# rpm -e icedtea-web [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# rpm -i icedtea-web-1.1.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# ls -ld /usr/bin drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 94208 Sep 13 07:05 /usr/bin [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# rpm -e icedtea-web [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# chmod u-w /usr/bin [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# ls -ld /usr/bin dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root 94208 Sep 13 07:05 /usr/bin [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# rpm -i icedtea-web-1.1.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm [root@intel-d3c69-01 ~]# ls -ld /usr/bin drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 94208 Sep 13 07:06 /usr/bin
No, it was not intentional. I will fix it as soon as this has a +
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1624.html