From a977b9542d18da2cde5ce03cb75e403c6630f5e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjoern Tropf <asym@gentoo.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 15:52:15 +0100
Subject: Check write permission before fetching the list of overlays

---
 layman/db.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/layman/db.py b/layman/db.py
index db4a4c5..90cd87e 100644
--- a/layman/db.py
+++ b/layman/db.py
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ class RemoteDB(Overlays):
 
             mpath = self.path(url)
 
+            # Check for sufficient privileges
+            if not os.access(mpath, os.W_OK):
+                OUT.warn('You do not have permission to update the cache')
+                return
+
             try:
 
                 # Fetch the remote list
-- 
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