On 2/4/07, P R Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: > > Check that su is SUID > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -la /bin/su > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 24060 Jan 10 10:06 /bin/su > > Yep, that was it, thanks. It seems permissions were not copied through > the backup process. For instance, now the /tmp dir wasn't writeable by > common users either. I'm kind of worried that there's more stuff messed > up. I used some back up instructions that were mentioned on this list a > couple of weeks ago, with "cp -dpRv". Shouldn't this command correctely > copy all the file permissions?
Not if you did it as an unprivileged user. It'd be a security hole for you to copy stuff and retain other's privileges. Only root can do that. A simple `cp -a' works, but `tar' or `cpio' are probably better suited for this. I move package contents around all the time with tar. But, the important part is being root if you want to retain ownership/permissions. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
