Re: Weird su problems
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Chris wrote:
> It looks like some element relating to su has been broken. I apologize for
> not knowing which package contains su, but I have the latest version for
> Potato (x86) as of Wednesday (yesterday). I've just discovered that
> su fails to work on the console, too. Should I downgrade some packages (and
> if so, how is that done?) or wait until the next version of package x(y,z)
> to come out? Is anyone else having this problem?
The easiest way to find out which package an installed file comes from is
to use the dpkg -S option. For example:
$ dpkg -S /bin/su
shellutils: /bin/su
The su problem has beed fixed as of a few hours ago: a new shellutils
package was uploaded as soon as they confirmed the bug reports and rebuilt
the package with the suid bit properly set. After that, it takes a few
hours to propagate to the mirrors.
i believe the ppp problem has beed discussed on the list as well, check
the archives for more info and probably fixes.
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