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Re: amanda 2.6.1b2 build

2009-01-23 12:11:37
Subject: Re: amanda 2.6.1b2 build
From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau AT zmanda DOT com>
To: Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth DOT org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:30:25 -0500
Brian Cuttler wrote:
ldd fails for user amanda in installed directory
ls -l /usr/local/sbin/amcheck
-rwsr-x---   1 root     sys        88632 Jan 23 10:19 /usr/local/sbin/amcheck
Yes, that is it, I can toggle the results of the amanda user's # ldd
by adding or removing the suid bit.

A well defined problem - what do I do now ?
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not used for suid binary, it would be a security hole. That's why -R must be use when the binary is linked.

Jean-Louis

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