Bug 80091

Summary:	webmin ebuild puts temporary paths in the generated config
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Peufeu <junk>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) <eradicator>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	critical	CC:	askwar
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	130336

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:  
read details.

Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

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) gentoo-dev

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) gentoo-dev

2005-02-09 17:40:53 UTC

closing unless someone can reproduce this...

Comment 6 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester

2006-12-01 16:32:09 UTC

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