>Number: 3021
>Category: mod_jserv
>Synopsis: mod_jserv does not setgid to the group specified for Apache
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: jserv
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 17 06:30:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization:
apache
>Release: mod_jserv 0.9.11
>Environment:
Debian 2.0 Linux - kernel 2.0.35 - gcc 2.7.2.3 - Debian Apache package 1.3.1-3.
>Description:
If Apache user has access rights to servlets only via group, servlets are
not loaded/run.
Attached patch seems to correct.
>How-To-Repeat:
Change access so that Apache user has access rights
to servlet class files only via configured group.
>Fix:
--- mod_jserv.c.dist Tue Sep 15 10:59:27 1998
+++ mod_jserv.c Tue Sep 15 09:45:25 1998
@@ -532,8 +532,15 @@
if (conf->add_tz_env && getenv("TZ") != NULL)
env[i++] = pstrcat(p, "TZ=", getenv("TZ"), NULL);
env[i] = NULL;
+ //Colin 15/9/98
+ /* Change gid to the server's Group, if we're running as root */
+ if (!getegid() && setgid(s->server_gid) == -1) {
+ log_unixerr("setgid", NULL, "unable to change gid for JServ", s);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
/* Change uid to the server's User, if we're running as root */
if (!geteuid() && setuid(s->server_uid) == -1) {
log_unixerr("setuid", NULL, "unable to change uid for JServ", s);
exit(1);
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