63612 – perl-5.8.4-r1 removes /usr/bin/suidperl

Bug 63612 - perl-5.8.4-r1 removes /usr/bin/suidperl

Summary: perl-5.8.4-r1 removes /usr/bin/suidperl

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 63437

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2004-09-10 18:34 UTC by Forza
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Patch to add suid USE flag (perl-5.8.4-r1-suid.patch,1.28 KB, patch) 2004-09-24 10:24 UTC, Andy Grundman	Details \| Diff
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Description Forza 2004-09-10 18:34:07 UTC

I just upgraded from perl-5.8.4 to perl-5.8.4-r1 and found that things like qmail-queue/qmail-scanner stopped working. Qmail-scanner-queue.pl is using suidperl, which is now removed. Just changing it to use /usr/bin/perl does not work correctly.

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Comment 1 Forza 2004-09-10 19:08:31 UTC

OK, I understand now that suidperl is said to be insecure which is why it is removed.

To bad the qmail-scanner I use needed it.. I had to to a ln perl5.8.4 suidperl and then chmod +s suidperl. :/

Comment 2 Andrew Ross (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-10 19:34:54 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63437 ***

Comment 3 Andy Grundman 2004-09-24 10:24:47 UTC

Created attachment 40307 [details, diff]
Patch to add suid USE flag

Comment 4 Andy Grundman 2004-09-24 10:25:50 UTC

Sorry, didn't mean to post that patch to this bug, it should really be on bug 64823.