Re: setuid question

[Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On Friday 22 January 2021 18:35:27 David Christensen wrote:

>  chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind

root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ su amanda -c "/usr/local/sbin/amcheck Daily"
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
ERROR: program /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind: not setuid-root
NOTE: Holding disk '/sdb/dumps': 212792 MB disk space available, using 
212292 MB
Searching for label 'Dailys-3':found in slot 3: volume 'Dailys-3'
Will write to volume 'Dailys-3' in slot 3.
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 0.103 seconds
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
ERROR: coyote: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: 
Permission denied
ERROR: shop: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission 
denied
ERROR: lathe: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission 
denied
ERROR: GO704: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission 
denied
ERROR: rpi4: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission 
denied
Client check: 5 hosts checked in 11.298 seconds.  5 problems found.

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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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