Debian bug report logs - #1682 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1682: serious permissions problems with base discs Reply-To: Austin Donnelly , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Austin Donnelly Orignal-Sender: and1000@thor.cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:48:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:48:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:42:04 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4dby-00063aC; Sun, 15 Oct 95 17:41 PDT Received: from hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28084 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:40:38 -0700 Received: by hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #77) id m0t4dbt-000JfVC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 01:40 BST Sender: and1000@thor.cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:40:57 +0100 (BST) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: base Version: 0.93.6-5 I've just run cops on my system, to find that a few key directories were world-writable. Namely: /usr/sbin /usr/lib/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo/l /usr/lib/terminfo/c /usr/lib/zoneinfo /usr/lib/kbd Of these, /usr/lib/zoneinfo is still world-writable in the base disc set. I don't see how the directories could have changed permissions, and no, I haven't been throwing bits of my filesystem around. Austin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Austin Donnelly Subject: Bug#1682: Acknowledgement (was: serious permissions problems with base discs) 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. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1682" or "Re: Bug#1682" 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. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1682: serious permissions problems with base discs Reply-To: "James A. Robinson" , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: "James A. Robinson" Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:03:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:00:12 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4dtQ-00063aC; Sun, 15 Oct 95 17:59 PDT Received: from plato.simons-rock.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28478 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:58:37 -0700 Received: from simons-rock.edu by plato.simons-rock.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0t4dsM-0003JkC; Sun, 15 Oct 95 20:57 EDT Message-Id: To: Austin Donnelly Cc: debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: Message from Austin Donnelly of "Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:40:57 BST." Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 20:57:56 -0400 From: "James A. Robinson" > /usr/sbin > /usr/lib/terminfo > /usr/lib/terminfo/l > /usr/lib/terminfo/c > /usr/lib/zoneinfo > /usr/lib/kbd > > Of these, /usr/lib/zoneinfo is still world-writable in the base disc > set. I don't see how the directories could have changed permissions, > and no, I haven't been throwing bits of my filesystem around. Well, you must have done something different then me, because my new installation on a box here shows the following perms, with only zoneinfo having a problem: drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Sep 20 09:36 /usr/lib/kbd drwxr-xr-x 64 root root 1024 Sep 22 09:44 /usr/lib/terminfo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Sep 22 09:43 /usr/lib/terminfo/c drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 1024 Sep 20 09:36 /usr/lib/zoneinfo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3072 Sep 23 10:11 /usr/sbin The above machine was installed with base disks from 2 weeks ago, and the packages available then. Have the base disks been updated since then? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: "James A. Robinson" Subject: Bug#1682: Info received (was Bug#1682: serious permissions problems with base discs) 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#1682" or "Re: Bug#1682" 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. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1682: Re: permissions on directories Reply-To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:33:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:33:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:25:19 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6hcU-000B3lC; Sat, 21 Oct 95 10:22 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA19729 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:13:35 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t6hUV-0007uOC; Sat, 21 Oct 95 18:13 BST Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t6hUJ-0002b6C (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 21 Oct 95 18:13 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 18:13 BST From: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: and1000@cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly) Cc: Debian bugs submission address In-Reply-To: References: Austin Donnelly writes ("permissions on directories"): > Remember the fiasco with /usr/sbin being world writeable? > > Well, I tracked it down: I had a look at the base discs I installed, and > what do I find: > /usr/lib/kbd > /usr/lib/terminfo > /usr/lib/terminfo/c > /usr/lib/terminfo/l > /usr/lib/zoneinfo > /usr/doc > /usr/sbin > are all world writeable. > > So it wasn't me playing silly buggers - it was the 3 base discs! > > Austin (feeling righteous:) Don't tell me, tell debian-bugs :-). I've added the number of your original bug report to the Subject and CC'd this message there. Bruce: I trust that the latest disks don't have this problem. Do we know how this happened ? Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#1682: Info received (was Bug#1682: Re: permissions on directories) 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#1682" or "Re: Bug#1682" 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. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov