setperms/SuSE 10/SUID

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 01:03:29PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:58:36 -0400):
> >I have the 3-Oct-2000 version of setperms in this 5.0.14 install which
> >we've just moved from SuSE 9.1 to 10.2, and for some reason -- we've
> >seen this on other linux installs, but I don't have any details handy
> >-- setperms gets everything right except the SUID bits.
> >
> >1) I'm running as root.
> >2) chmod 4755 /appl/fp/dclerk run by hand works.
> >3) There is no #3.
> 
> Of course there is a number 3.  There is no number 6.
> 
> >4) Bruce.
> 
> Okay, I missed that reference.

Also a Pythonic reference.

> >Is this a known problem?  Is there a known solution?  Have I *already*
> >figured it out myself, and I don't remember?  And what about Naomi?
> 
> Yes, yes, perhaps, and who?

cf The Electric Company, 1969.

> >I've already set dclerk and dreport manually so they can get work done,
> >but fixing setperms seems indicated.
> 
> Swap the chmod and chown lines so that chown comes first.  (chown resets
> the setuid bit.)

Yup; damnit, that's it.  Thanks.

Cheers,
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