The /home directory, as well as the /var/local directory, is supposed to have '2775' permission bits, as configured in the default fs-perms.txt file. When using rpm package backend, the file modes are correct on target; however, when using ipk package backend, the file modes of /home and /var/local are '0755'. Steps to reproduce: 1. Set in local.conf: PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_ipk" 2. bitbake core-image-minimal 3. start target and `stat /home /var/local' //Chen Qi
The problem is fixed by the following commit. commit 77e4defa57f02b7f7ad23b07f169ec280228585b Author: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Date: Sun Jul 27 22:58:35 2014 -0400 base-files: remove strange 2775 perms from dirs like /home Mark Hatle did the historical research into why this was so, and found that it originally was via debian import, and then it morphed over time: <fray> +# chown -R root:root ${D} <fray> +# cd ${D} && chown root:src usr/src <fray> +# cd ${D} && chown root:staff var/local <fray> +# cd ${D} && chown root:staff home <fray> + cd ${D} && chmod 755 `find . -type d` <fray> + cd ${D} && chmod 1777 `cat ${S}/debian/1777-dirs` <fray> + cd ${D} && chmod 2775 `cat ${S}/debian/2775-dirs` <fray> that was the original code <fray> so THAT is why they're 2775.. <fray> they were original 'src' and 'staff'.. which has gotten lost sometime in the last 10 years <fray> AND the origin: <fray> commit b45c9ed40bb4f893f99127a21776aef3ae888ad7 <fray> Author: Chris Larson <clarson@kergoth.com> <fray> Date: Tue Sep 30 16:30:41 2003 +0000 <fray> Add base-files 3.0.10 (from debian). <fray> thats where the brain damage started ... Debian in 2003.. Here we simply convert them to being normal 755 dirs. [YOCTO #6579] Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>