On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:33:02AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 04:11:04PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > thanks for the list. I checked and found out, that a lot of binaries in > > /sbin > > got permissions to rwxr-xr-- (root:root), but they should have rwxrwxr-x. I > > wondered, as I never changed the rights manually in the past and I am sure, > > I > > have not been hacked. So there is only one explanation: an applicatiopn > > must > > have changed it. Does someone know, which application is changing rights of > > binaries below /sbin ? I suppose, it is either bastille (which I installed > > and deinstalled a long time ago) or selinux (which i still installed). > > > > Please, which manual did i miss to read ??? > > So far the only thing I have ever seen that causes that is silly people > who mess with the umask of the root user (which causes dpkg to make lots > of mistakes).
Perhaps dpkg shouldn't rely on the umask of the root user? Perhaps is should set it itself? Could this be considered a dpkg bug? -- hendrik > > So if you ever set a umask for your root user, well don't and reinstall > every affected package to fix the permissions. > > -- > Len Sorensen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]