Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:32:46 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman-Kazlauskas <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg audit -F - insufficient privileges Message-ID: <d0584814-ac10-1ba7-7662-b6e961873646@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <6e2ffc0c-8b9a-09d7-83f5-4cbe1cda2dbf@utanet.at> References: <01019cb0-e7c5-ce5b-3555-1cfbaaec9f7a@utanet.at> <6e2ffc0c-8b9a-09d7-83f5-4cbe1cda2dbf@utanet.at>
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On 21/10/2016 16:24, Walter Schwarzenfeld wrote: > |chmod 755 /var/db/pkg solved it. > | Possibly this is to do with the "Update to 1.9.0 - Drop privileges in many commands - Drop privileges when fetching a file" Possibly dropping privs to early? I found that my lazy pf rule to only allow root to have http outbound connections broke remote updates with the upgrade to the 1.9.x version, which I suspect to be related to the privilege dropping as an explicit allow http to my update server fixed it. Vince > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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