Permission on .android/data subfolder
asked 2017-05-14 17:46:22 +0300
Hi,
I recently lost all my android application settings as I thought these were stored under /home/nemo folder (in reality, they are stored in /home/.android, and as it is a hidden folder I didn't saw it and didn't saved it). I'm currently willing to use Syncthing to automatically save some data of some android apps to avoid loss in the future.
Unfortunately it seems that data folder of android apps are owned by strange users:
I would like to create a symlink in my /home/nemo folder to automatically save data when I proceed to home backup with Syncthing.
My question are:
- Is there any security reason for this choice?
- Can I manually change the permissions on this folder to have a read access from the nemo user? What are the risks of doing so?
- What the "user numbers" are corresponding to?
Thank you
