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On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:45:00 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> This thread confused me. I have this in my system and I have not |
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> changed the permissions from when it was installed: |
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> ls -la /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper |
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> -rws--x--- 1 root messagebus 322984 Jun 22 |
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> 2013 /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon- launch-helper |
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> Is the suid bit dangerous and if so what is the alternative? Should |
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> there be a bug filed on it? |
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I think what Samuli was trying to say was that the suid bit is dangerous |
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if you give global execute permissions to the file, because then anyone |
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can run it as root. The default of rwx--x--- if safe because only root or |
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a member of the messagebus group can execute it. |
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My problem was that the messagebus user was not a member of the |
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messagebus group thanks to a mismatch of IDs in /etc/{passwd,group} - I |
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don't know whether this is also the cause of the error messages on |
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Helmut's system. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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WinErr 042: Virus error - A virus has been activated in a dos-box. The |
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virus, however, requires Windows. All tasks will automatically be closed |
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and the virus will be activated again. |
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