If you post to the "users" mailing list, I'm sure you will get an answer.
-- A bug magnet El May 9, 2012, a las 19:27, Paul Smith <p...@mad-scientist.net> escribió: > Hi all. I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. > > I'm using a proprietary VPN utility from Juniper Networks on my Linux > system. In previous versions of Ubuntu, it worked just fine. In the > current version of Ubuntu, I'm getting failures. For some reason it's > not letting me invoke a setuid application. > > The way it is deployed is it unpacks into a hidden directory under > $HOME, then the main VPN program needs to be made setuid root so that it > can be invoked by me but do root-y things. > > Then, you can either run the tool directly from the command line or you > can run a little Java control window which manages the VPN. If I run > the program directly from the command line, the setuid works and the VPN > comes up and works fine. But, I can't control it or see how long it's > been up. > > Whenever I try to use the Java control panel the GUI comes up and tries > to run the setuid program, but it fails and then the whole thing > crashes. I get this error: > > Failed to setuid to root. Error 1: Operation not permitted > > But I have clearly set the right bits and it works when invoked > directly. I've tried many different variations of Java including > downloaded ones directly from Sun/Oracle. > > One note, the application is 32bit and so I need to run 32bit Java as > well. Not sure if that matters. > > Has the 12.04 release installed some new security measures that might be > keeping my setuid program from working properly? I've tried putting > Java under /opt/jvm and also run "service apparmor teardown" to try to > be sure apparmor is not involved, but I don't know enough to know if I > succeeded. > > I'm really stuck and could use any pointers or tips anyone has. > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
