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From: Jeff Walter <jeffw@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] net-analyzer/traceroute merge strangeness
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:17:55
Message-Id: 461E2263.2010002@gentoo.org
1 I just emerge'd traceroute, dropped back to my normal user, and it didn't run.
2 So, I checked the emerge messages and saw this:
3
4 <snip!>
5 * >>> SetUID: [chmod go-r]
6 /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/traceroute-1.4_p12-r5/image//usr/sbin/traceroute
7 ...
8 [ ok ]
9 --- /usr/
10 --- /usr/sbin/
11 >>> /usr/sbin/traceroute
12 <snip!>
13
14 I can understand traceroute being setuid, but why put it in /usr/sbin so only
15 root sees it? If we only want root to run it, it doesn't need to be setuid. It
16 just doesn't make sense for a setuid application to only be directly available
17 to root.
18
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20 Jeff Walter
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] net-analyzer/traceroute merge strangeness Jonathan Adamczewski <jadamcze@××××××××.au>
Re: [gentoo-dev] net-analyzer/traceroute merge strangeness Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>