From owner-freebsd-database Tue Oct 27 14:50:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04959 for freebsd-database-outgoing; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:50:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from saturn.infospace.com (saturn.infospace.com [206.129.166.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04952 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:50:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kmarcus@saturn.infospace.com) Received: from localhost (kmarcus@localhost) by saturn.infospace.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA02005; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:47:55 -0800 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:47:54 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin Marcus To: Jason McNew cc: database@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't open a db file as 'nobody' despite 0666 In-Reply-To: <36364295.3956221F@clearsail.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk does nobody have a valid shell? Kevin Marcus -*- mailto:kmarcus@infospace.com -*- Sr. Software Engr -*@*- I n f o S p a c e . c o m, I n c. -*@*- "The Ultimate Directory" Redmond, WA http://www.infospace.com (425)882.1602 On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Jason McNew wrote: > I'm using DB_File.pm which is a wrapper for db(3), and for some reason I > can't open any database files if I'm the user 'nobody'. If I run it as > a normal user (not owner or group member of the file in question), my > program works fine. But, if I su over to 'nobody', it's instantly > broken. I checked the db(3) manpage, but I diden't see anything about > it in there. I also read DB_File.pm's POD docs and still no luck. The > error I'm getting is "permission denied." > > Here is the simplest program I could write that duplicates the problem: > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > use DB_File; > $db = '/home/jase/test.db'; > tie %urldb, 'DB_File', $db, O_RDONLY, 0666, $DB_BTREE or > die("coulden't open $db: $!"); > > whereas /home/jase/test.db is -rw-rw-rw- > > When I try to do this from a cgi script (apache runs as nobody) it spits > out: > > coulden't open /home/jase/test.db: Permission denied at test.pl line 4. > > But the same scirpt runs just fine even when I run it as a user in a > different group... except when I su to nobody.. > > %/usr/local/bin/perl -v > > This is perl, version 5.005_51 built for i386-freebsd > > > I can work around this by making apache run as a different user, but I'd > still like to know why this brakes, and better still, where it needs to > be documented (provided it's not pilot error!) :) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message