Bug#798611: util-linux: /sbin/fsck no longer works as non-root

2015-09-13 Thread Andreas Henriksson
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 09:14:39AM -0400, Phil Susi wrote: > On 9/11/2015 7:46 AM, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > >That was my point, but unless you know the correct path to pass I'd > >say not passing any PATH at all is better the passing an incorrect > >one. If cryptmount sanitized the environment

Bug#798611: util-linux: /sbin/fsck no longer works as non-root

2015-09-11 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello Paul Martin. Thanks for your bug report. On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:31:09AM +0100, Paul Martin wrote: > Package: util-linux > Version: 2.27-1 > Severity: important > Control: affects -1 cryptmount > > This breaks cryptmount when run as a user. [...] > It is possible to work around this

Bug#798611: util-linux: /sbin/fsck no longer works as non-root

2015-09-11 Thread Paul Martin
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:14:38AM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > We can't have it both ways. Some people want PATH to be used instead > of hard-coding paths to search for fsck.* helpers, now you report > that passing an incorrect PATH will not work and you want it > hard-coded I'm

Bug#798611: util-linux: /sbin/fsck no longer works as non-root

2015-09-11 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello again. On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:43:15AM +0100, Paul Martin wrote: [...] > Should the caller of /sbin/fsck need knowledge about the other paths > where the various fsck.* programs might lurk? It knows where > /sbin/fsck is, and that's all that should matter. It could even be > argued

Bug#798611: util-linux: /sbin/fsck no longer works as non-root

2015-09-11 Thread Phil Susi
On 9/11/2015 7:46 AM, Andreas Henriksson wrote: That was my point, but unless you know the correct path to pass I'd say not passing any PATH at all is better the passing an incorrect one. If cryptmount sanitized the environment (if it did not want the user to be in control of the environment) it

Bug#798611: util-linux: /sbin/fsck no longer works as non-root

2015-09-10 Thread Paul Martin
Package: util-linux Version: 2.27-1 Severity: important Control: affects -1 cryptmount This breaks cryptmount when run as a user. cryptmount tries to use /sbin/fsck to check the filesystem, /sbin/fsck fails to be able to run the correct filesystem check, returns an error and cryptmount refuses