From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 15:34:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3861F37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:34:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB9C43FBD for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:34:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 195CWo-0006vv-00; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:34:18 +0100 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:34:18 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Niki Denev Message-ID: <20030414223418.GA26589@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Niki Denev , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <005801c302cc$e0502ac0$0300000a@niked> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005801c302cc$e0502ac0$0300000a@niked> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suidperl not suid after installworld? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:34:21 -0000 On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:29:05AM +0300, Niki Denev wrote: > The last two times that i have cvsup-ed/built/installed world (first from > 4.7-Rel to 4.8-Rc, then to 4.8-Rel), > i have noticed that after the update is complete the newly installed > suidperl binary has not the suid bit set and > does not work until i manualy set it., and i just wonder if this is > something normal, or i am doing something wrong? >From the make.conf manual page: ENABLE_SUIDPERL (bool) Set to enable the installation of an suid perl(1) binary. So if you add ENABLE_SUIDPERL= yes to your /etc/make.conf file then you'll get the behaviour you're expecting. Ceri PS You should really have directed this to freeebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org. --