Bug#791462: aide-common: Please do not use /run for temporary log writing
Package: aide-common Version: 0.16~a2.git20130520-3 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, last night my /run ran full because of long output written by aide. I think /run is not for that sort of things and $TMPBASE in the cron.daily script should default to /tmp/aide instead. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-042stab093.4 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages aide-common depends on: ii aide 0.16~a2.git20130520-3 ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-2 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii initscripts2.88dsf-59 ii liblockfile1 1.09-6 ii ucf3.0030 Versions of packages aide-common recommends: ii cron 3.0pl1-127 aide-common suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * aideinit/copynew: true * aideinit/overwritenew: true aide/newlibdir: false * aide/aideinit: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#791462: [Pkg-aide-maintainers] Bug#791462: aide-common: Please do not use /run for temporary log writing
Hi, On Sun, Jul 05, 2015 at 11:02:19AM +0200, Bachsau wrote: > last night my /run ran full because of long output written by aide. I > think /run is not for that sort of things and $TMPBASE in the > cron.daily script should default to /tmp/aide instead. The fix is actually a bit harder since we would need to do some more protection against a symlink attack in /tmp. But you surely have a point, an unconfigured aide can create big output which does not have a good place on a tmpfs. Hannes, what do you think? Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421