Package: man-db Version: 2.4.4-3 Severity: important When I type mandb without any parameters it rewrites the /var/cache/man/index.db file so that regular users (not root) cannot get whatis answers from 'man -k line':
278782 -rw-r----- 1 man root 518153 Jun 27 07:41 index.db I can fix it back up by typing 'mandb -c', but who would guess? 278779 -rw-r--r-- 1 man root 553488 Jun 27 07:39 index.db I tried installing man-db without the setuid feature, but it made it even worse. Users could destroy the whatis with a 'mandb', but could not rebuild them again with a 'mandb -c'. rocky -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash-static Versions of packages man-db depends on: ii bsdmainutils 6.1.6 collection of more utilities from ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.14.4 package maintenance system for Deb ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-12 GNU troff text-formatting system ( ii libc6 2.5-9+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines (runtime man-db recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * man-db/build-database: true man-db/rebuild-database: true * man-db/install-setuid: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
