Re: util-linux: bug#54978 can be closed

[cjw44@cam.ac.uk (Colin Watson)]

thierry.laronde@polynum.com (Thierry Laronde) wrote:
>IMHO bug#54978 can be closed, and I think that the fact it has been forwarded
>upstream results from a mistake.
>
>The bug reports that the use of `kbdrate' by a non privilegied user can mess
>the rates. The fix proposed is to remove the suid.
>
>This is not an upstream problem. And this is not a problem either :
>`kbdrate' is *not* suid root. A normal user can't open /dev/port.

The postinst of util-linux registers /sbin/kbdrate as setuid root.
Please don't close this bug.

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Colin Watson                                           [cjw44@cam.ac.uk]