Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-120 Severity: normal
I hard link /etc/crontab to track it under svn, but to have the checkout somewhere else than /etc/ So /etc/crontab has 2 hardlinks, and cron is now complaining about it : Oct 3 09:35:01 natch /usr/sbin/cron[3878]: (*system*) NUMBER OF HARD LINKS > 1 (/etc/crontab) I saw an old vulnerability where cron and hardlinks are involved : http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34097, but the actual flaw was wrong rights on a directory. Is there something to do ? or the security gain is too high for this to be fixed ? thanks -- Package-specific info: --- EDITOR: not set --- /usr/bin/editor: /bin/nano --- /usr/bin/crontab: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 34048 Sep 18 17:21 /usr/bin/crontab --- /var/spool/cron: drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 120 Dec 1 2008 /var/spool/cron --- /var/spool/cron/crontabs: drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 96 Oct 18 22:21 /var/spool/cron/crontabs --- /etc/cron.d: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 360 Oct 26 16:24 /etc/cron.d --- /etc/cron.daily: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 840 Oct 3 09:28 /etc/cron.daily --- /etc/cron.hourly: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Oct 3 09:19 /etc/cron.hourly --- /etc/cron.monthly: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Oct 3 09:19 /etc/cron.monthly --- /etc/cron.weekly: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 184 Oct 3 09:19 /etc/cron.weekly -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'stable'), (449, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.4.2.6.35.4-3-ws.2010.09.14 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.4 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii exim4 4.72-1 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.72-1 Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended Versions of packages cron suggests: pn anacron <none> (no description available) pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility Versions of packages cron is related to: pn libnss-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libnss-ldapd <none> (no description available) pn libpam-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libpam-mount <none> (no description available) ii nis 3.17-31 clients and daemons for the Networ pn nscd <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/crontab changed: SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 0 0 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts -v --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | awk '{print "[" strftime() "] " $0;fflush()}' >> /var/log/cron.daily.log 2>&1 ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) /etc/default/cron changed: READ_ENV="yes" EXTRA_OPTS="-L 15" -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org