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Bug 202253 - sys-fs/xfsdump installs in /usr/bin but can't be ran by users
Summary: sys-fs/xfsdump installs in /usr/bin but can't be ran by users
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2007-12-14 13:36 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified: 2008-02-23 05:45 UTC (History)
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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-12-14 13:36:31 UTC 
As per summary.

The users get to see commands that they should not run at all.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2008-01-26 21:59:54 UTC 
xfsdump could be run on regular files ... but in general, it's supposed to be an admin utility

what utilities are you talking about exactly ?  some of them are fine for non-root users (like xfs_estimate)
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2008-02-23 04:26:29 UTC 
get back to me ... i'd also point out, upstream creates those symlinks in the bin dir on purpose ...
Comment 3 Robin Johnson archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2008-02-23 05:45:25 UTC 
xfsdump can be run by any user in the 'disk' group, which encompasses most backup tools. (Amanda for example can run without root access if you use dump/xfsdump for backups).