Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2013-02-03 Thread Bhushan Jain
Forgot to attach. Thanks, Bhushan From: Bhushan Jain Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:59 PM To: Frank Lichtenheld; 695...@bugs.debian.org Subject: RE: Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device Hi Frank, Sorry for not looking

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2013-02-03 Thread Bhushan Jain
: Sunday, December 23, 2012 3:19 PM To: Bhushan Jain; 695...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device Control: tags -1 = moreinfo On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:16:46AM +, Bhushan Jain wrote: Hi Frank, Attached is the patch integrating dmcrypt-get

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2012-12-23 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
Control: tags -1 = moreinfo On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:16:46AM +, Bhushan Jain wrote: Hi Frank, Attached is the patch integrating dmcrypt-get-device functionality with code in eject.c. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions on the patch. I have created this patch

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2012-12-10 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
2012/12/10 Bhushan Jain bpj...@cs.stonybrook.edu Hi Frank, Attached is the patch integrating dmcrypt-get-device functionality with code in eject.c. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions on the patch. I have created this patch over the latest

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2012-12-09 Thread Bhushan Jain
Package: eject Version: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-11 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, I noticed that the only reason dmcrypt-get-device (from eject package) needs setuid privilege is to read the major:minor numbers (unless I have missed something). A lot of distributions are trying to avoid use

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2012-12-09 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
2012/12/9 Bhushan Jain bpj...@cs.stonybrook.edu Dear Maintainer, I noticed that the only reason dmcrypt-get-device (from eject package) needs setuid privilege is to read the major:minor numbers (unless I have missed something). A lot of distributions are trying to avoid use of the setuid

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2012-12-09 Thread Bhushan Jain
From: flichtenhel...@gmail.com [flichtenhel...@gmail.com] on behalf of Frank Lichtenheld [dj...@debian.org] Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:16 AM To: Bhushan Jain; 695...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt

Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device

2012-12-09 Thread Bhushan Jain
From: Bhushan Jain Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:51 PM To: Frank Lichtenheld; 695...@bugs.debian.org Subject: RE: Bug#695504: eject: Avoid setuid to root for dmcrypt-get-device From: flichtenhel...@gmail.com [flichtenhel