Bug 80091 – webmin ebuild puts temporary paths in the generated config

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Peufeu 2005-01-30 09:13:07 UTC]

# emerge webmin
# vim /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf

line 2 :
root=/var/tmp/portage/blahblah/usr/libexec/webmin

urgh !
It should be :
root=/usr/libexec/webmin

The error occurs on all paths with /usr/libexec/webmin in them : they point to something in /var/tmp/portage. It seems the script generating the config file has a bug.

Note that webmin still works, but it's fishy !

I flagged it as critical because it can have security issues... root scripts in /var/tmp... argh.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
# emerge webmin
# vim /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
look at line 2, be afraid.



Expected Results:  
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[Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2005-01-30 19:54:56 UTC]

$ grep root /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
root=/usr/libexec/webmin
preroot=mscstyle3

What ebuild are you using?  I've got 1.180

[Comment 2 Peufeu 2005-01-30 20:01:32 UTC]

Sorry, I forgot the version :
1.170-r3

[Comment 3 Peufeu 2005-01-30 20:03:41 UTC]

I got 1.170-r3.
1.180 is masked.

Could you reproduce it ?

[Comment 4 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2005-01-30 20:08:08 UTC]

no, I couldn't reproduce.  1.170-r3 should be the same with the configs as 180.

[Comment 5 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2005-02-09 17:40:53 UTC]

closing unless someone can reproduce this...

[Comment 6 Alec Warner (RETIRED) 2006-12-01 16:32:09 UTC]

*** Bug 130336 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***