pkg_info +COMMENTS problem

[srenna at vdbmusic.com]

Gave that a shot, but still seeing the same problem
any other tips?


On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:36:37 +0100
 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 09:00:55AM -0400,
> srenna at vdbmusic.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm having a problem.  Whenever I run pkg_info with
> > whatever switches, I receive this at the top of the
> read
> > out, any ideas?
> > 
> > pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading
> 
> Somewhere under /var/db/pkg you have a +COMMENT file
> which isn't
> readable by your UID.  That's not correct -- all of the
> files under
> /var/db/pkg should be readable by all.  That is mode 644
> for general
> files or mode 755 for directories and executables.  All
> should be
> owned by root:wheel as well.  Except for +MTREE_DIRS
> files which seem
> to be mode 444 for some odd reason.
> 
> Try this (as root):
> 
>     # cd /var/db/pkg
>     # chown -R root:wheel .
>     # chmod -R a+rX,go-w .
>     # chmod 444 */+MTREE_DIRS
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 
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