When updating I get: "warning: directory permissions differ on ..."

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Hi,

I get the following warnings when updating EnOS-Gnome:

warning: directory permissions differ on /var/lib/gdm/.config/pulse/
filesystem: 700 package: 755
warning: directory permissions differ on /var/lib/gdm/.local/
filesystem: 755 package: 700

Do I need to use chmod to change those permissions? I appreciate your help for resolving this issue.

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It just means that the package permissions are different than what is in the filesystem.

It can be caused if you or some application changes your permissions. It can also be caused if the package permissions change.

You can either ignore it or change the permissions to match.

If you want to change it:

sudo chmod go+rw /var/lib/gdm/.config/pulse/
sudo chmod go-rw /var/lib/gdm/.local/
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Thank you so much @dalto!
I think I’ll change the permissions as per your instructions.

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