Re: Man-db problem
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 at 10:02:58AM -0400, Micah Anderson wrote:
> This is not a security issue, as far as I can tell. Take a look at
> /etc/cron.daily/man-db and see what it does. You will see something
> like this:
>
> # regenerate man database
> if [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ]; then
> # --pidfile /dev/null so it always starts; mandb isn't really a
> # but we want to start it like one.
> start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
> --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man \
> -- --no-purge --quiet
> fi
>
> Run this on the command line, as root, without the --quiet option, and
> you will see errors that might need to be fixed.
root@Oneil:~# if [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ]; then
> # --pidfile /dev/null so it always starts; mandb isn't really a
> # but we want to start it like one.
> start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
> --startas
> /usr/bin/mandb
> --oknodo --chuid man \
> -- --no-purge
> fi
Processing manual pages under /usr/man...
Checking for stray cats under /usr/man...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/fsstnd...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man...
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/man...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man...
Processing manual pages under /usr/local/man...
Checking for stray cats under /usr/local/man...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/oldlocal...
Processing manual pages under /usr/X11R6/man...
Checking for stray cats under /usr/X11R6/man...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/X11R6...
0 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages.
0 manual pages were added.
0 stray cats were added.
root@Oneil:~#
I believe the bug you decribe was fixed is a subsequent DSA release.
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