Debian bug report logs - #1239 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1239: /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb doesn't exclude cdrom and others Reply-To: Lars Wirzenius , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Lars Wirzenius Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 14:33:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: findutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 14:33:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 14:26:32 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0shHVC-0003azC; Sat, 12 Aug 95 07:25 PDT Received: from myntti.Helsinki.FI by pixar.com with SMTP id AA02385 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 12 Aug 1995 07:25:07 -0700 Received: (wirzeniu@localhost) by myntti.helsinki.fi (8.6.12+Emil1.1/8.6.5) id RAA20280; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 17:25:09 +0300 Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 17:25:09 +0300 (EET DST) From: Lars Wirzenius X-Sender: wirzeniu@myntti To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: findutils Version: 4.1-2 /etc/cron.daily/find in findutils-4.1-2.deb doesn't exclude the /cdrom directory. I think it should, since the CD-ROM that is mounted the next day probably isn't the one that was mounted during the night. I assume it also doesn't exclude the /floppy, /proc, and /mnt directories, but I haven't checked. (What's /disk?) Fix: use a command similar to the following instead: updatedb --prunepaths="/cdrom /tmp /var/tmp /proc" 2>/dev/null (I choose to run this as root, instead of nobody, but that isn't a good idea for most others.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Lars Wirzenius Subject: Bug#1239: Acknowledgement (was: /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb doesn't exclude cdrom and others) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1239: etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb doesn't exclude cdrom and others Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:33:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: findutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:33:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:14:05 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0shn8L-0002GcC; Sun, 13 Aug 95 17:12 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA10962 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 13 Aug 1995 17:11:55 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0shn8I-000BzmC; Mon, 14 Aug 95 01:11 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 13 Aug 95 13:24 BST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 13 Aug 95 13:24 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Lars Wirzenius writes: > /etc/cron.daily/find in findutils-4.1-2.deb doesn't exclude the /cdrom > directory. I think it should, since the CD-ROM that is mounted the next > day probably isn't the one that was mounted during the night. > > I assume it also doesn't exclude the /floppy, /proc, and /mnt directories, > but I haven't checked. (What's /disk?) /disk is going away, I think - it was part of a scheme involving symlinks for an experimental 2-partition setup. > Fix: use a command similar to the following instead: > updatedb --prunepaths="/cdrom /tmp /var/tmp /proc" 2>/dev/null Can updatedb not be made to be more controllable ? The `checksecurity' script in the latest cron package uses (to find all devices and setuid files): find `mount | grep -vE ' type (proc|iso9660) |^/dev/fd| on /mnt' | cut -d ' ' -f 3` \ -xdev \( -type f -perm +06000 -o -type b -o -type c \) -ls \ | sort >$TMP This avoids problems where people mount things in unexpected places. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1239: Info received (was Bug#1239: /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb doesn't exclude cdrom and others) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1239" or "Re: Bug#1239" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. 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