Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[aledr]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Matt Brookings  wrote:
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>>> I agree to add an option, I sent the patch just to explain myself. =D
>>> Can I write the modifications or someone of inter7 will do that?
>
> Any patch you put together, make off the trunk in Subversion, and then upload 
> to
> the patch section on Sourceforge.
>
> Manvendra Bhangui has suggested fixing/using the existing --enable-root-build 
> option.

I'm already using It but the patch is necessary anyway.
This options just ** do not ** check if user is root (by the user id)
but It does not solve the vpopmail user and group problem discussed
here.
This flag could be improved to do It instead of creating a new one.
Good idea, I'll try.

P.S.: The output of configure shows "see README.non-root" that does not exist.

Thanks again!
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Matt Brookings]

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aledr wrote:
>> I agree to add an option, I sent the patch just to explain myself. =D
>> Can I write the modifications or someone of inter7 will do that?

Any patch you put together, make off the trunk in Subversion, and then upload to
the patch section on Sourceforge.

Manvendra Bhangui has suggested fixing/using the existing --enable-root-build 
option.
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Manvendra Bhangui]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:14 AM, aledr  wrote:

> I agree to add an option, I sent the patch just to explain myself. =D
> Can I write the modifications or someone of inter7 will do that?
>

the option enable-non-root-build has already been put by someone in
configure script.


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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Manvendra Bhangui]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Matt Brookings  wrote:

> The configure script still expects you to be root, so the patch needs to
> adjust
> for that as well.


The issue is with the macro AC_TRY_RUN which expects vpopmail user to be
added
before configure can be run.

the code in configure.in
if (( pw=getpwnam(tmpbuf)) != 0 ) {
f=fopen("vpopmail.dir","a+");
fprintf(f,"%s\n", pw->pw_dir);
fclose(f);

f=fopen("vpopmail.uid", "a+");
fprintf(f,"%d\n", pw->pw_uid);
fclose(f);

f=fopen("vpopmail.gid", "a+");
fprintf(f,"%d\n", pw->pw_gid);
fclose(f);
} else {
   f=fopen("vpopmail.dir", "a+");
   fprintf(f,"/var/vpopmail\n");
  fclose(f);
  f=fopen("vpopmail.uid", "a+");
  fprintf(f,"%d\n", getuid());
  fclose(f);
  f=fopen("vpopmail.gid","a+");
  fprintf(f,"%d\n",getgid());
  fclose(f);
}

Having a flag like --disable-root-check to disable the configuration root
> check,
> and then using --prefix to set where to install to might work.  This patch
> seems
> only to address a single person's need is kind of what I'm saying, and so,
> it can't
> be added to the vpopmail project.


I can see the option --enable-root-build is already there which does the
same thing IMHO. It looks like this has been attempted before.

If build with non-root is made possible. One can use SUSE Open Build Service
(OBS) to build vpopmal rpm for Fedora, SUSE Linux, Mandriva, Centos, etc in
one go.


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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[aledr]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Matt Brookings  wrote:
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> Manvendra Bhangui wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Matt Brookings > > wrote:
>>
>>
>> What does this patch do exactly?  From looking at the patch and
>> trying it,
>> I don't see any difference in operation related to the requirement
>> of root.
>>
>> The patch removes all references to user/groups in /etc/passwd and hence
>> dependency of having vpopmail user in /etc/passwd.
>
> The configure script still expects you to be root, so the patch needs to 
> adjust
> for that as well.
>
> Having a flag like --disable-root-check to disable the configuration root 
> check,
> and then using --prefix to set where to install to might work.  This patch 
> seems
> only to address a single person's need is kind of what I'm saying, and so, it 
> can't
> be added to the vpopmail project.
>
> I think the option is a good idea and just needs to be implemented for the 
> project.

I agree to add an option, I sent the patch just to explain myself. =D
Can I write the modifications or someone of inter7 will do that?

Thanks for this.

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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Matt Brookings]

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Manvendra Bhangui wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Matt Brookings  > wrote:
> 
> 
> What does this patch do exactly?  From looking at the patch and
> trying it,
> I don't see any difference in operation related to the requirement
> of root.
> 
> The patch removes all references to user/groups in /etc/passwd and hence
> dependency of having vpopmail user in /etc/passwd.

The configure script still expects you to be root, so the patch needs to adjust
for that as well.

Having a flag like --disable-root-check to disable the configuration root check,
and then using --prefix to set where to install to might work.  This patch seems
only to address a single person's need is kind of what I'm saying, and so, it 
can't
be added to the vpopmail project.

I think the option is a good idea and just needs to be implemented for the 
project.
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[aledr]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Manvendra Bhangui  wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Matt Brookings  wrote:
>>
>> What does this patch do exactly?  From looking at the patch and trying it,
>> I don't see any difference in operation related to the requirement of
>> root.
>
> The patch removes all references to user/groups in /etc/passwd and hence
> dependency of having vpopmail user in /etc/passwd.
>
> This will allow compilation of vpopmail without root. It will also allow
> installation as non-root in a destination directory owned by the user.
> e.g.
> make DESTDIR=$HOME/vpopmail install
>
> Once you do this, it would be trivial writing a .spec file for vpopmail and
> build rpm as non-root.

And trivially creating a problem with HFS or FSB.

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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[aledr]

When using some build environment to package It's not allowed to add
user's and groups into the chroot so the lines with "-o @vpopuser@"
and "-g @vpopgroup@" will fail.
We just add the user, group and ownership in another section in the
spec file. (The compilation flag can solve the problem
inserting/removing the code for user and group permission).

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Matt Brookings  wrote:
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>> Is there a way to include a flag to allow non-root install (like in
>> clamav)? It makes easy the process of packaging RPMs.
>> For now I'm using the attached patch (5.4.27).
>
> What does this patch do exactly?  From looking at the patch and trying it,
> I don't see any difference in operation related to the requirement of root.
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Manvendra Bhangui]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Matt Brookings  wrote:

>
> What does this patch do exactly?  From looking at the patch and trying it,
> I don't see any difference in operation related to the requirement of root.
>
The patch removes all references to user/groups in /etc/passwd and hence
dependency of having vpopmail user in /etc/passwd.

This will allow compilation of vpopmail without root. It will also allow
installation as non-root in a destination directory owned by the user.
e.g.
make DESTDIR=$HOME/vpopmail install

Once you do this, it would be trivial writing a .spec file for vpopmail and
build rpm as non-root.


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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Matt Brookings]

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aledr wrote:
> Is there a way to include a flag to allow non-root install (like in
> clamav)? It makes easy the process of packaging RPMs.
> For now I'm using the attached patch (5.4.27).

What does this patch do exactly?  From looking at the patch and trying it,
I don't see any difference in operation related to the requirement of root.
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[aledr]

Is there a way to include a flag to allow non-root install (like in
clamav)? It makes easy the process of packaging RPMs.
For now I'm using the attached patch (5.4.27).

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Matt Brookings  wrote:
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> Wouter van der Schagt wrote:
>> Sounds good, I would like to test it when it's ready :)
>
> Great!  When it's ready, I'll send an email to the list along with a 
> description
> of what testing will entail and what will be required of potential beta 
> testers.
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diff -Naur ./Makefile.am vpopmail-5.4.27u/Makefile.am
--- ./Makefile.am	2008-10-10 00:01:35.0 -0300
+++ vpopmail-5.4.27/Makefile.am	2008-10-10 00:07:40.0 -0300
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES=vauth.c cdb/conf-cc cdb/conf-ld cdb/compile cdb/load
 
-INSTALL_PROGRAM= ${INSTALL} -o @vpopuser@ -m 711 -g @vpopgroup@ $(AM_INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS)
+INSTALL_PROGRAM= ${INSTALL} -m 711 $(AM_INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS)
 INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM=${INSTALL_PROGRAM} -s
 
 MYSQLCONF=$(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/etc/vpopmail.mysql
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@
 install-exec-am:
 	for d in bin doc etc include lib ; do \
 	  if test ! -d $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/$$d; then \
-	$(INSTALL) -d -g @vpopgroup@ -m 0755 -o @vpopuser@ \
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 \
 	  $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/$$d ; \
 	  fi ; \
 	done
 
 install-data-local:
-	$(INSTALL) -d -g @vpopgroup@ -m 0700 -o @vpopuser@ \
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0700 \
 	  $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/@domains_dir@
 
 	echo "-...@vpopmaildir@/include" > \
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 	 $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/etc/lib_deps
 
 	if test ! -r $(VLIMITS); then \
-	  $(INSTALL) -o @vpopuser@ -m 0644 -g @vpopgroup@ \
+	  $(INSTALL) -m 0644 \
 	vlimits.default $(VLIMITS); \
 	fi
 	if test "@USE_MYSQL@" = "1"; then \
@@ -147,28 +147,28 @@
 	echo "#   If host is 'localhost', then sockets (Unix) or named pipes (Windows)" >> $(MYSQLCONF); \
 	echo "#   will be used instead of TCP/IP to connect to the server."   >> $(MYSQLCONF); \
 	  fi ; \
-	  chown @vpopuser@  $(MYSQLCONF) ; \
-	  chgrp @vpopgroup@ $(MYSQLCONF) ; \
+	  #chown @vpopuser@  $(MYSQLCONF) ; \
+	  #chgrp @vpopgroup@ $(MYSQLCONF) ; \
 	  chmod 0640$(MYSQLCONF) ; \
 	fi
 
-	$(INSTALL) -o root -m 0644 \
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 \
 	  libvpopmail.a $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/lib/libvpopmail.a
 
-	$(INSTALL) -o root -m 0444 \
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 \
 	  config.h $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/include/vpopmail_config.h
 
 	for include in vpopmail.h config.h vauth.h vlimits.h ; do \
-	$(INSTALL) -o root -m 0444 $$include \
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 $$include \
 		$(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/include/ ; \
 	done
 
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/doc/man_html
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/doc/doc_html
-	$(INSTALL) -o @vpopuser@ -m 0444 -g @vpopgroup@ \
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 \
 	  doc/man_html/*.* $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/doc/man_html/
 
-	$(INSTALL) -o @vpopuser@ -m 0444 -g @vpopgroup@ \
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 \
 	  doc/doc_html/*.* $(DESTDIR)@vpopmaildir@/doc/doc_html/
 
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

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Wouter van der Schagt wrote:
> Sounds good, I would like to test it when it's ready :)

Great!  When it's ready, I'll send an email to the list along with a description
of what testing will entail and what will be required of potential beta testers.
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Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

[Wouter van der Schagt]

Sounds good, I would like to test it when it's ready :)

Sincerely,
- Wouter van der Schagt

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The conversion has gone through, and I've disabled CVS and enabled SVN.

In other news, I've made some significant progress on the usage daemon 
code.  The
last item I really need to get nailed down before a beta release to 
developers
is proper handling of requests when queuing.  All the code is there, I 
just need

to restructure where calls are made that fill in the cached information.

When I have a beta version ready, I will let the list know so I can find 
out if

there's anyone interested in testing.
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[vchkpw] vpopmail now hosted in a Subversion repository

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The conversion has gone through, and I've disabled CVS and enabled SVN.

In other news, I've made some significant progress on the usage daemon code.  
The
last item I really need to get nailed down before a beta release to developers
is proper handling of requests when queuing.  All the code is there, I just need
to restructure where calls are made that fill in the cached information.

When I have a beta version ready, I will let the list know so I can find out if
there's anyone interested in testing.
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