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Re: [BackupPC-users] perl-suidperl no longer available in Fedora 14

2010-07-03 12:20:35
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] perl-suidperl no longer available in Fedora 14
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:18:28 -0500
Johan Cwiklinski wrote:
>  Hello,
> 
> I've just been warned about "perl-suidperl" will no longer be available
> in Fedora 14 :
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611009
> 
> I'd like to know how I can make BackupPC work without that component ;
> I'm really not familiar with suid issues at all...
> 
> Any advices?

Apache has its own suid mechanism that might work.  Or you could simply run 
backuppc as the httpd user and change file ownership accordingly.  That might 
be 
less secure if you have other web sites on the same host, though.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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