package: checkinstall version: 1.5.3-3 severity: grave Hello!
I wanted to use checkinstall to create a 'Sun Java JRE' Package out of Sun's self-installing bin-file. So I started 'checkinstall ./jre-1_5_0-$foo.bin' as root several times and tried out some of the options to make the package meet my needs. After playing around with checkinstall a bit, a severe problem occured on my system: I could not log in as a normal user anymore but only as root. Trying to log in as a normal user allways gave the error message 'no shell'. Programs like exim4, sudo and gdm did not work anymore either. After a lot of work and time I found out that the permissions of the base dir '/' were set to 700! So a simple 'chmod 755 /' was the solution. Nevertheless I have not been far away from reinstalling Debian! I do not know if 'checkinstall' itself or 'installwatch' are blamable on this, but I think that it MUST be guaranteed that no program leaves your system in such a state. No matter if the user has done a handling error / faulty operation or not. I send a bcc-copy to the upstream author as well! Nice Greetings, Fabian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
