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kovidgoyal · 02-26-2017, 01:59 PM

If the problem is indeed a bad umask (which can be checked by running the umask command). It can be fixed by instructing sudo to override the umask, as described here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...ser-calling-it

Maybe I should add a check to the installer to detect a umask other than 022 and ask the user if they are sure they want to continue anyway.

02-26-2017, 01:59 PM	#23
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If the problem is indeed a bad umask (which can be checked by running the umask command). It can be fixed by instructing sudo to override the umask, as described here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...ser-calling-it Maybe I should add a check to the installer to detect a umask other than 022 and ask the user if they are sure they want to continue anyway.