On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 11:35, Xi Ruoyao via blfs-dev
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2020-06-01 10:58 +0100, John Burrell via blfs-dev wrote:
> > I use MSB's package user package management system and up til now it
> > has worked fine but I've come unstuck installing sudo-1.9.0.
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/security/sudo/sudo-1.9.0/lib/util'
> > /bin/sh ../../scripts/mkinstalldirs /usr/lib/sudo
> > case "" in \
> > *-no-install*) ;; \
> > *)  if [ X"yes" = X"yes" ]; then \
> > INSTALL_BACKUP='' /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=disable-static --quiet
> > --mode=install /bin/sh ../../install-sh -c -o 0 -g 0 libsudo_util.la
> > /usr/lib/sudo; \
> >     fi;; \
> > esac
> > /sbin/chown: changing ownership of
> > '/usr/lib/sudo/libsudo_util.so.0.0.0': Operation not permitted
> > make[1]: *** [Makefile:284: install] Error 1
> >
> > In the dir lib/util the relevant bit of the Makefile.in is:
> >
> > install: install-dirs
> >         case "$(LT_LDFLAGS)" in \
> >         *-no-install*) ;; \
> >         *)  if [ X"$(shlib_enable)" = X"yes" ]; then \
> >                 INSTALL_BACKUP='$(INSTALL_BACKUP)' $(LIBTOOL)
> > $(LTFLAGS) --quiet --mode=install $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OWNER)
> > libsudo_util.la $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/sudo; \
> >             fi;; \
> >         esac
> >
> > install-dirs:
> >         $(SHELL) $(scriptdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/sudo
> >
> > install-binaries:
> >
> > install-includes:
> >
> > install-doc:
> >
> > install-plugin:
> >
> > I assume the chown occurs as part of the install-binaries but I can't
> > find the code for install-binaries. Could someone give me a clue as to
> > where I might find this code?
>
> I never use this package management approach but it does not make sense to
> install sudo with a non-root user owning it.  sudo only works as a setuid-root
> executable.
> --
I set any necessary setuid-root binaries and the required root
ownerships after installation. But at the moment I can't install it.
I need to edit the Makefile to remove the chown on the library in
/usr/lib/sudo but I don't know where that chown command is.

Thanks

jb.
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