[Bug 342568] [NEW] cups-pdf requires rx permissions for ALL users in home directory

[bixejo]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: cups-pdf

For security reasons I decided to restrict access to my home directory
for all users except for myself:

$ chmod 700 $HOME

I realized that when I try to print to PDF printer, it fails to generate
the file in the directory $HOME/PDF. However, if I set my home directory
to default permissions:

$ chmod 755 $HOME

, it succeeds. I don't know much details on this, but perhaps the
printing process should take the effective user-id of the invoking user
so that it would be capable of writing into $HOME/PDF without problems.

Regards,

--Bixejo

Further info:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10
$ apt-cache policy cups-pdf 
cups-pdf:
  Instalados: 2.4.8-1ubuntu1
  Candidato: 2.4.8-1ubuntu1
  Tabla de versión:
 *** 2.4.8-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: cups-pdf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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cups-pdf requires rx permissions for ALL users in home directory
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