[Ubuntu images] Why is /usr/local/bin set to 777 permission?

[yhaliaw]

From testing in GitHub Actions, the permission for /usr/local/bin inside a ubuntu-22.04 runner is set to drwxrwxrwx.

The common permission for /usr/local/bin generally does not include write access for all users.
Since the runner user has sudo access, writing to /usr/local/bin would just require using sudo.

Is there any reason behind the design decision to set the permission to 777 for /usr/local/bin?

[vpolikarpov-akvelon]

Hi @yhaliaw. It was done to allow runner user to install npm modules globally without sudo. Here is an issue related to this: #3727.