Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:08:59 -0800 (PST) From: icar@hosteng.org To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4939: uuxqt unable to execute rnews program Message-ID: <199711042308.PAA16232@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199711042310.PAA16331@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4939 >Category: bin >Synopsis: uuxqt unable to execute rnews program >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 4 15:10:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ivar Hosteng >Organization: Private >Release: FreeBSD-current >Environment: FreeBSD romulus.hosteng.org 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Nov 2 15:04:53 CET 1997 root@romulus.hosteng.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/erik i386 >Description: The inn port sets the permissions on the /usr/local/bin/rnews programs to -r-sr-x--- 1 news uucp 23325 Oct 6 09:57 /usr/local/bin/rnews This prevents /usr/libexec/uucp/uuxqt from executing it since its permissions are: -r-sr-x--- 1 uucp uucp 98304 Nov 2 14:53 /usr/libexec/uucp/uuxqt >How-To-Repeat: Just try to receive news by UUCP using the inn port as you newserver sw. >Fix: Either change the permissions on rnews to r+x for all or make the uuxqt binary g+s so that it's effective groupid permits it to execure rmail >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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