10090 – iputils should be made suid root

Bug 10090 - iputils should be made suid root

Summary: iputils should be made suid root

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED)

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Duplicates (1):	12338 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2002-11-02 05:33 UTC by Martin Vollrathson
Modified:	2004-01-12 10:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Martin Vollrathson 2002-11-02 05:33:02 UTC

ping and traceroute are suid root. ping6 and traceroute6 from net-misc/iputils
are not suid root. ping ande traceroute work for normal user. ping6 and
traceroute6 do not. When made suid root, ping6 and traceroute6 work for normal
users. Perhaps they should be made suid root by the ebuild?

Also, ping is in /bin, traceroute is in /usr/bin, ping6 and traceroute6 are in
/usr/sbin - perhaps ping6 and traceroute6 should be in the same places as ping
and traceroute... or the other way around.

Comment 1 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-01-03 17:47:58 UTC

Fixed, thanks for pointing this out!

Comment 2 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-01-03 20:03:25 UTC

*** Bug 12338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 solar (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-12 10:17:59 UTC

When marking suids in src_install() please don't set mode 4755. 
mode 4711 is preferred. thanks.