I need to change the file permissions of an image downloaded from Unsplash API in order to use it as a Greeter (elementary OS login) background.
I've tried with Flags like FileCopyFlags.OVERWRITE
, FileCopyFlags.ALL_METADATA
, FileCopyFlags.TARGET_DEFAULT_PERMS
and FileCopyFlags.NONE
in the File.copy_async
method but when the file is downloaded, its permissions are set to 600
.
The reason which I need to change the permissions is that Greeter uses an image in the folder /var/lib/lightdm-data/user/wallpaper/image.jpg
and needs the read permission for that image.
var file_path = File.new_for_path ("/home/user/.local/share/backgrounds/background.jpg");
var file_from_uri = File.new_for_uri ("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1560613717-c793db79055e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb2176");
if (!file_path.query_exists ()) {
file_from_uri.copy_async.begin (file_path,
FileCopyFlags.OVERWRITE |
FileCopyFlags.ALL_METADATA,
GLib.Priority.DEFAULT,
null, (current_num_bytes, total_num_bytes) => {
// show progress
}, (obj, res) => {
// detect end
});
} else {
print ("Picture already exist\n");
}
The downloaded image has [600] -rw-------
permissions, however, [664] -rw-rw-r--
is required to use it for Greeter.