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From: Dave Hummel <johanndirty@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: installworld problem 
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Doh!!

Why didn't I think of that? Silly me... I forgot about
my own security precautions! As recommended on the
security page I chflag'ed /bin and /sbin.

Thanks!

--- Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I saw a few references but no definitive answer in
> the
> > archives. I have been cvsup'ing and making world
> every
> > day for the last 5 days and the result is always
> the
> > same:
> > 
> > ln -sf libz.so.2 /usr/lib/libz.so
> > install -c -o root -g wheel -m 444 zlib.3.gz 
> > /usr/share/man/man3
> > ===> bin
> > ===> bin/cat
> > install -c -s -o root -g wheel -m 555   cat /bin
> > /usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libexec/elf/strip:
> > /bin/stH13908: Operation not permitted
> 
> It's trying to write a file to /bin.  The solution
> is to unset the
> schg flag on /bin, /bin/*, /sbin, and /sbin/*, and
> reset them when
> installworld is finished.  And if it's not a
> solution, it's a
> workaround with no apparent downsides (other than a
> bit more work).
> I've been doing this for quite some time.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> -- 
> Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
> Finger dima@unixfreak.org for my public PGP key.
> 
> "A problem well stated is a problem half solved."
> 	-- Charles F. Kettering


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