Re: dh_suidregister

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

> Hi,
> how do I use dh_suidregister correctly?
> I was trying (using dh_make and co) with
>  dh_suidregister usr/bin/moon-buggy
> but the the file is installed as root.root, which is bad AFAIK.
> I couldnt find any option to set to change the user/group.

> So I want the binary to be suid games and not root. Can it be done with
> dh_suidregister or do I have to create the postinst by hand (shiver)?
> Or should I just leave out the suid bit? No shared score files then...

Firstly, it should be setgid games, not setuid games.  See section
5.10 of policy (version 3.0.0.0).

Secondly, dh_suidregister works by looking through your debian/tmp
tree for setuid/setgid files.  So you build the package with the
required program being owned by root.games and having permissions
2755, and then dh_suidmanager will work perfectly.

HTH,

   Julian

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  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
        Debian GNU/Linux Developer,  see http://www.debian.org/~jdg