Re: I need help with my var partition.

[Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net>]

Here is what I got.

root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root   4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov 13  2020 games/
drwxr-xr-x 62 root root   4096 Apr 12 20:20 lib/
drwxrwsr-x  2 root staff  4096 Sep 19  2020 local/
drwxrwxrwt  3 root root    100 Apr 28 21:13 lock/
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root   4096 Apr 28 21:36 log/
drwx------  2 root root  16384 Nov 12  2020 lost+found/
drwxrwsr-x  2 root mail   4096 Nov 12  2020 mail/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov 12  2020 opt/
drwxr-xr-x 27 root root    760 Apr 28 22:31 run/
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root   4096 Apr 27 22:58 snap/
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 Nov 12  2020 spool/
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root   4096 Apr 28 22:32 tmp/
root@debian:/var#

On 4/28/23 10:17 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still
> > cannot burn a back up disk.
> Do not look at the NUMBERS.
>
> OWNER.
>
> GROUP.
>
> PERMISSIONS.
>
> The numbers mean nothing.
>
> > On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > Make sure you get the ownership and permissions correct.
> > >
> > > unicorn:/var$ /bin/ls -ld */
> > > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Apr 22 06:25 backups/
> > > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root  4096 Jul 31  2022 cache/
> > > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Mar  3  2018 games/
> > > drwxr-xr-x 50 root root  4096 Jul 31  2022 lib/
> > > drwxrwsr-x  2 root staff 4096 Nov 19  2017 local/
> See that?  Group write.  Set-group-id.  Group staff.  Probably not a big
> deal, because who the hell uses /var/local for anything, but there is
> no excuse for not checking the OWNER, GROUP and PERMISSIONS.
>
> > > drwxrwxrwt  3 root root    80 Mar 25 16:03 lock/
> Group and world write.  Sticky bit.
>
> > > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root  4096 Apr 24 08:12 log/
> > > drwxrwsr-x  2 root mail  4096 Oct 28  2021 mail/
> Group write, setgid.
>
> > > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jan 11  2018 opt/
> > > drwxr-xr-x 10 root qmail 4096 Jan 12  2018 qmail/
> > > drwxr-xr-x 26 root root   760 Mar 27 15:39 run/
> > > drwxr-xr-x  6 root root  4096 Jan 29  2021 spool/
> > > drwxrwxrwt  6 root root  4096 Apr 28 21:02 tmp/
> Group and world write.  Sticky bit.
>
> THIS is what matters.