22501 – userpriv causes unpack() to error

Bug 22501 - userpriv causes unpack() to error

Summary: userpriv causes unpack() to error

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Nicholas Jones (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-06-09 12:50 UTC by John Mylchreest (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-06-30 10:00 UTC (History)
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Description John Mylchreest (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-09 12:50:17 UTC

mindi-0.85 changed its tarball layout to contain a directory with device nodes
inside.
when calling unpack it prints "Operation not permitted" on mknod.
disabling userpriv fixes this, but there is no way to enable or disable this
programatically.

could this feature please be added?

Comment 1 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-29 20:03:11 UTC

Added to cvs

RESTRICT="nouserpriv"

Comment 2 John Mylchreest (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-30 10:00:19 UTC

great work.
thanks nicholas.