From: Frank T Lofaro <fl0p+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: TeX - dvips fonts Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 09:41:39 -0400
Excerpts from comp.os.linux: 29-Apr-93 Re: TeX - dvips fonts Olaf
Flebbe@pluto.tat.ph (632)
>Make the fontdir world writable.
>chmod a+w /usr/TeX/lib/tex/fonts/pk*
> *and*
> chmod a+r /usr/TeX/lib/tex/fonts/pk*/* (THIS is a bug in SLS)
>I don't remeber the correct name of the fontdir, but I thin k it is
>quite close to it.
>Olaf
You have to make them sticky too, (chmod +t), else it is a security
hole, and people can do anything they want as far as creating/deleting
files goes. It still is a security hole. To be safe, run a command that
builds the fonts as root, then they will be permanent, and you won't
open yourself to security holes.