Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these?
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:53:54
Message-Id: 1373536413.2467.5@numa-i
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these? by Samuli Suominen
1 On 07/11/2013 11:39:21 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 > Making it world executable is same as giving root to every user on
3 > your system -- as it makes it possible to escalate to user 'root' or
4 > at least group 'messagebus'
5 >
6 > So... Instead, the problem is often solved by simple re-emerge:
7 >
8 > # emerge -1 glib dbus dbus-glib
9 >
10 > Often caused by glib's upgrade (or downgrade) or dbus's upgrade (or
11 > downgrade) where dbus-glib hasn't been rebuilt with it
12 >
13
14 Many thanks, Samuli, that fixed the problem, as well, and doesn't imply
15 a security risk.
16 Helmut