Package: amavisd-new
Version: 1:2.4.2-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The script /usr/sbin/amavisd-new-cronjob doesn't work when it is called
as root and the amavis user has no valid shell (which is the default I
believe).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages amavisd-new depends on:
ii adduser 3.97 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.4 Debian configuration management sy
ii file 4.17-3 Determines file type using "magic"
ii libarchive-tar-perl 1.30-1 Archive::Tar - manipulate tar file
ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.16-1 Module for manipulation of ZIP arc
ii libberkeleydb-perl 0.29-1 use Berkeley DB 4 databases from P
ii libcompress-zlib-perl 1.42-1 Perl module for creation and manip
ii libconvert-tnef-perl 0.17-5 Perl module to read TNEF files
ii libconvert-uulib-perl 1.06-1 Perl interface to the uulib librar
pn libdigest-md5-perl <none> (no description available)
ii libio-stringy-perl 2.110-1 Perl5 modules for IO from scalars
ii libmailtools-perl 1.74-0.1 Manipulate email in perl programs
pn libmime-base64-perl <none> (no description available)
ii libmime-perl 5.420-0.1 Perl5 modules for MIME-compliant m
ii libnet-perl 1:1.19-3 Implementation of Internet protoco
ii libnet-server-perl 0.90-1 An extensible, general perl server
ii libunix-syslog-perl 0.100-5 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(
ii perl [libtime-hires-perl] 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules [libnet-perl] 5.8.8-6.1 Core Perl modules
amavisd-new recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
amavisd-new/outdated_config_style_warning:
--- /tmp/amavisd-new-cronjob 2006-09-28 09:37:08.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/sbin/amavisd-new-cronjob 2006-09-28 09:37:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
# WATCH OUT FOR PROPER QUOTING LEVEL WHEN CALLING THIS!
do_amavis_cmd() {
if [ "$(id -u -n)" != "${SUUSER}" ]; then
- exec /bin/su - "${SUUSER}" -c "$*"
+ exec /bin/su -s /bin/sh - "${SUUSER}" -c "$*"
else
# to get the same quoting level as the su path
CMD="$*"
