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utility to make home dir readable to DESC collaborators #86

Closed RickKessler closed 2 months ago

RickKessler commented 2 years ago

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need a script-utility to make our home directory readable to all LSST-DESC members. Default permissions don't allow read, which has caused many problems. Could be a stand-alone script, or an option on existing script, e.g. source /global/cfs/cdirs/lsst/groups/TD/setup_td.sh --home_readable where a new user would include the home_readable argument only one time.

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heather999 commented 2 years ago

@RickKessler that should be possible. One tweak I might suggest, if we have people who are working on projects outside DESC or are just privacy minded- some may prefer to create a dedicated $$HOME/desc subdirectory that is readable by all DESC members rather than opening up their entire $HOME. Would that be ok as a default?

RickKessler commented 2 years ago

Unprotecting $HOME/desc seems reasonable. What happens if there is no /desc dir ... is it automatically created?

heather999 commented 2 years ago

yes exactly - if $HOME/desc doesn't exist, it should be created by the script.

RickKessler commented 2 years ago

ok, creating $HOME/desc sounds reasonable. People will sometimes rsync files to $HOME, then move it to $HOME/desc, so the original $HOME protections will be kept.

cwwalter commented 2 years ago

Just a suggestion. I think it is fine to have $HOME/desc as a default if you want but I for example would use like to open up $HOME.

So, I would appreciate a way to choose that. I had a hard time when I tried to use the ACL system to do this before. Maybe a choice in the script

1) $HOME 2) $HOME/desc 3) another path

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RickKessler commented 2 years ago

how about two different options: --home_readable --home_desc_readable

I would urge limiting the option to home and home/desc so that everybody knows where to look. If we all pick arbitrary path name under home, it just adds confusion to collaborators.

RickKessler commented 2 years ago

Any progress on this issue?

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