Debian bug report logs - #1704, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1704: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix
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Package: netstd
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Maintainer: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>

The in.pop3d server fails to open a user's maildrop.
strace shows a setuid to <pop-uid> just before a failing attempt to create a
temporary file in /var/spool/mail.

Quick fix: edit inetd.conf to run in.pop3d as root.mail

netstd.postinst should at least warn about this incompatibility

-- Siggy (the middle S.)

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Bernd S. Brentrup <bsb@uni-muenster.de>
Subject: Bug#1704: Acknowledgement (was: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix)
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Subject: Bug#1704: marked as done (was: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix)

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From: Bernd S. Brentrup <bsb@uni-muenster.de>
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Subject: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix
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Package: netstd
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Maintainer: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>

The in.pop3d server fails to open a user's maildrop.
strace shows a setuid to <pop-uid> just before a failing attempt to create a
temporary file in /var/spool/mail.

Quick fix: edit inetd.conf to run in.pop3d as root.mail

netstd.postinst should at least warn about this incompatibility

-- Siggy (the middle S.)

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Bernd S. Brentrup <bsb@uni-muenster.de>
Subject: Bug#1704 acknowledged by developer (was: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix)
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