Debian bug report logs - #1704 in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix Package: netstd ; Reported by: Bernd S. Brentrup ; Done: "Peter Tobias" . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From server.et-inf.fho-emden.de!tobias Fri Oct 20 08:08:19 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6J3R-000BAYC; Fri, 20 Oct 95 08:08 PDT Received: from server.et-inf.fho-emden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24276 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 20 Oct 1995 08:07:27 -0700 Received: by server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA04584; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:58:20 +0100 Message-Id: <9510201458.AA04584@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> Subject: Re: Bug#1704: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix To: bsb@uni-muenster.de Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:58:20 +0100 (MET) From: "Peter Tobias" Cc: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Reply-To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de In-Reply-To: from "Bernd S. Brentrup" at Oct 19, 95 02:25:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 1085 Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > Package: netstd > Version: 1.18 > Revision: 1 > Maintainer: Peter Tobias > > The in.pop3d server fails to open a user's maildrop. > strace shows a setuid to 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 I'll probably fix the problem in the program itself. Using root.mail has the disadvantage that it won't work from the command line (pop3d can be used from the command line) and the program will always run under this gid. Anyway, I'll fix it this weekend. > netstd.postinst should at least warn about this incompatibility No, that's not the purpose of the postinst file :). munter bleiben Peter PS: Hmm, die Mail haette ich eigentlich auch in Deutsch schreiben koennen :-) -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik tobias@perseus.fho-emden.de Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Bernd S. Brentrup : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From uni-muenster.de!bsb Thu Oct 19 06:27:35 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t5v0Q-000B8CC; Thu, 19 Oct 95 06:27 PDT Received: from baal.uni-muenster.de (PPPE175.UNI-MUENSTER.DE) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA19921 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 19 Oct 1995 06:26:54 -0700 Received: from bora.uni-muenster.de ([192.0.2.2]) by baal.uni-muenster.de with smtp (ident root using rfc1413) id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 19 Oct 95 14:21 MET Received: by bora.uni-muenster.de id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 19 Oct 95 14:25 MET Message-Id: Date: Thu, 19 Oct 95 14:25 MET From: Bernd S. Brentrup To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: in.pop3d incompatibility w/ fix Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Package: netstd Version: 1.18 Revision: 1 Maintainer: Peter Tobias The in.pop3d server fails to open a user's maildrop. strace shows a setuid to 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.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bernd S. Brentrup : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1704 ; Package netstd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov