Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:20:07 GMT From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/125932: pkg_add(1) doesn't prompt for root credentials and then fails badly Message-ID: <200807241820.m6OIK7Gi065475@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/125932; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: "Bruce Cran" <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/125932: pkg_add(1) doesn't prompt for root credentials and then fails badly Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:18:31 -0700 On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > >>Number: 125932 >>Category: bin >>Synopsis: pkg_add(1) doesn't prompt for root credentials and then fails badly >>Confidential: no >>Severity: non-critical >>Priority: low >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 24 13:50:06 UTC 2008 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Bruce Cran >>Release: 7.0 >>Organization: >>Environment: > FreeBSD bsdbox01 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 28 16:53:28 GMT 2008 bruccran@bsdbox01:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 >>Description: > Running pkg_add as a normal user fails. It should check if it's being run under root credentials and if not either abort or prompt for the root password. The following errors are currently displayed: > >> pkg_add -r gkrellm > Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest/gkrellm.tbz... Done. > man/man8/gkrellmd.8.gz: Can't create 'man/man8/gkrellmd.8.gz': Permission denied > include/gkrellm2/gkrellmd.h: Failed to create dir 'include/gkrellm2': No such file or directoryCan't create 'include/gkrellm2/gkrellmd.h': No such file or directory > libdata/pkgconfig/gkrellmd.pc: Can't create 'libdata/pkgconfig/gkrellmd.pc': Permission denied > sbin/gkrellmd: Can't create 'sbin/gkrellmd': Permission denied > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. > pkg_add: extract_plist: can not invoke 156 byte tar pipeline: /usr/bin/tar cf - man/man8/gkrellmd.8.gz include/gkrellm2/gkrellmd.h libdata/pkgconfig/gkrellmd.pc sbin/gkrellmd|/usr/bin/tar --unlink -xpPf - -C /usr/local > >>How-To-Repeat: > Run pkg_add -r as a non-root user. >>Fix: The issue isn't the fact that you're running as non-root; it's that someone's not checking to see whether or not a fetch init succeeded (filehandle's open, writing's being done) before continuing. I'll fix this later on tonight when I get back from San Jose. Cheers, -Garrett
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