bugfindutils - Bugs: bug #12491, updatedb broken with solaris su

 
 

bug #12491: updatedb broken with solaris su

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Mon 28 Mar 2005 01:36:39 PM UTC  
 
Category: updatedbSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Wrong resultStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: James Youngman <jay>
Originator Name: Tim BishopOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 4.2.20
Fixed Release: 4.2.21

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Tue 12 Jul 2005 02:05:05 PM UTC, comment #4:

Sorry for the massively late response. It seems the latet release (4.2.23) works fine. Many thanks,

Tim Bishop.

Anonymous
Tue 07 Jun 2005 11:35:40 PM UTC, comment #3:

You can download a release of findutils in which this problem is
fixed from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils.

The releases on alpha.gnu.org are for testing purposes, so please
take the time to download the release and verify that your
problem has been solved. Once the release has been sufficiently
tested, it can be uploaded to ftp.gnu.org for everybody to use it.

James Youngman <jay>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Mon 04 Apr 2005 08:51:15 PM UTC, comment #2:

This problem is fixed in the CVS code for findutils.
To resolve your problem, you could either wait for the
next official release of findutils, or check out a copy
of the code from the CVS repository for findutils.

James Youngman <jay>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Mon 04 Apr 2005 08:50:52 PM UTC, comment #1:

I believe that the attached patch fixes the problem.

James Youngman <jay>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Mon 28 Mar 2005 01:36:39 PM UTC, original submission:

This is a problem with 4.2.20 (it's not in the Release box on the bug report form).

The solaris su doesn't support the -s flag. So when update db runs something like "su -s /bin/sh -c command" it ends up just starting /bin/sh.

Not sure on the best fix - I guess some way of disabling this feature at runtime? It's worth noting that the FreeBSD su also doesn't support this behaviour. Is it a linux-only feature?

Anonymous

 

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file #2840:  updatedb.su-s.1.patch added by jay (2KiB - text/x-patch - Proposed patch (1))

 

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Follow 7 latest changes.

Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
Tue 07 Jun 2005 11:35:40 PM UTCjayOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
  Fixed ReleaseNone=>4.2.21
Mon 04 Apr 2005 08:50:52 PM UTCjayStatusNone=>Fixed
  Assigned toNone=>jay
  ReleaseNone=>4.2.20
  Attached File-=>Added updatedb.su-s.1.patch, #2382
Mon 28 Mar 2005 01:36:39 PM UTCNoneCarbon-Copy-=>Added tim --AT-- bishnet --DOT-- net

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