[aur-dev] [PATCH] INSTALL: Allow access to home directory

[Marcel Korpel]

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:26 PM, canyonknight <canyonknight at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Marcel Korpel <marcel.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ---
>>  INSTALL | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
>> index 76df42b..d682eda 100644
>> --- a/INSTALL
>> +++ b/INSTALL
>> @@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ Setup on Arch Linux:
>>     $ mysql -uaur -p AUR < ~/aur/support/schema/aur-schema.sql
>>     (give password 'aur' at the prompt)
>>
>> + - Allow access to home directory (otherwise you'll get a 403 Forbidden error)
>> +   $ chmod o+x $HOME
>> +
>>   - Optionally load some test data for development purposes.
>>     # pacman -S words fortune-mod
>>     $ cd ~/aur/support/schema/
>> --
>> 1.8.0.1
>
> Not a fan of this. It's better to just make a note for the user to
> check that all their permissions are setup correctly.

I'm also not a fan of setting world access to my home directory, but
this was the solution that popped up after a Google search. I think a
note about permissions being setup correctly is just too summarily:
what does correctly mean in this case? A user still has to Google why
they get a 403. Or is a better solution available to grant Apache
access to a directory in the home dir?

Regards, Marcel