Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:40:14 GMT From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/158023: Binaries have no SUID bits in FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso Message-ID: <201106221840.p5MIeEWM076907@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/158023; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: misc/158023: Binaries have no SUID bits in FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:39:56 +0200 Le Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:42:05 +0700 (NOVST), Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru> a écrit : Hello, > >Description: > I'm trying to use FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso > with additional configs (rc.conf etc.) to boot remote system > from. Then I login using ssh and try to 'su' to root but it fails: > /usr/bin/su in the image has no SUID bit. This is not a bug (it's a feature!). A cd9660 file system does not know anything about suid/sgid bits (and even group or owner). It is not a "unix like" file system. You can't avoid this behavior. Regards.
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