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Re: Failing postinst script with suidmanager



>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Lameter <clameter@power.net> writes:

    Christoph> You need to tell us which statement fails. All
    Christoph> statements you tried work successfully just the script
    Christoph> returns an error code?

 All of the statements in the script work if I paste them into an
xterm.

 The script returns error 1 iff `set -e` is at the top of it.

 With `set -e` commented out, the script returns code 0, and does
everything it is supposed to.

 It runs fine if `set -e` is commented out.  It does its job no matter 
whether `set -e` is in there or not, but `set -e` causes it to return
code 1, which in turn makes `dpkg -i` or `dpkg --configure` fail.

 I checked both the "/etc/suid.conf" file, and the ownership and
permissions of the files it is supposed to set...  I deleted the lines
in "/etc/suid.conf" that got added by
"/var/lib/dpkg/info/rlpr.postinst", and ran the script.  I also
`chown`d the files, so I could see if they are being reset by
suidmanager. I did this once with `set -e` commented out, and again
with it left in.  Both runs the entries got made, and the files'
permissions and ownership got set.  But with `set -e`, it returns 1,
without it returns 0.

    Christoph> Are you sure you run the postinst script in superuser
    Christoph> mode with the correct paths set?

Yes, from an xterm where I've gone `su -`, and verified with `which`
that all of the commands are being found.

 It's the `set -e`, I tell you!

-- 
Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@inetarena.com>
http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg
Portland, OR  USA
Debian GNU 1.2  Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133


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