Re: Bug#932384: libc6: utmp broken
reassign 932380 initscripts
found 932380 2.95-1
notfound 932380 2.93-8
retitle 932380 initscripts: /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh: wrong /var/run/utmp permissions
severity 932380 important
unblock 932380 by 932384
block 932384 by 932380
thanks
On Thu, 18 Jul 2019, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> After hitting #932380
I’ve had a look at what was recently updated, found initscripts
as something that matches a recursive grep for utmp in /etc, and
sure, the diff between 2.93-8 and 2.95-1 in etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
contains this:
- chmod 664 /var/run/utmp
+ chmod 644 "${utmp}" || log_warning_msg "failed to chmod ${utmp}"
So there we are.
Dmitry: please also move the chmod BELOW the chown, as chown
is known to sometimes reset permissions (in some documented
cases, not a bug):
tglase@tglase:~ $ diff -u /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh bootmisc.sh
--- /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh 2019-05-15 13:03:46.000000000 +0200
+++ bootmisc.sh 2019-07-18 17:51:51.887830376 +0200
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
readonly utmp='/var/run/utmp'
if > "${utmp}" ; then
- chmod 644 "${utmp}" || log_warning_msg "failed to chmod ${utmp}"
chgrp utmp "${utmp}" || log_warning_msg "failed to chgrp ${utmp}"
+ chmod 664 "${utmp}" || log_warning_msg "failed to chmod ${utmp}"
return 0
else
log_failure_msg "failed to truncate ${utmp}"
XTaran: after “sudo chmod 664 /var/run/utmp” GNU screen works as
intended again, closing your bug.
glibc maintainers: unsure why screen works but not the example
code given that screen isn’t sgid… maybe you should have a look
at that, it still doesn’t work with the correct utmp permissions.
bye,
//mirabilos
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