Package: dhcp3-client Version: 3.1.1-6+lenny4 Severity: minor Tags: patch Binary package hint: dhcp3-client
When /sbin/dhclient-script updates /etc/resolv.conf, it creates a temporary file /etc/resolv.conf.dhclient-new. It's not a good idea to create temporary files in /etc, they should be created in /tmp instead. /etc might be mounted read-only, and then /sbin/dhclient-script fails. Or /etc might be on a device you don't want unnecessary write access on (e.g. flash disk). I have made a patch to fix the problem. Now it's possible to have /etc read-only if it contains resolv.conf as a symlink to some writeable filesystem. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dhcp3-client depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dhcp3-common 3.1.1-6+lenny4 common files used by all the dhcp3 ii libc6 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dhcp3-client recommends no packages. Versions of packages dhcp3-client suggests: pn avahi-autoipd <none> (no description available) pn resolvconf <none> (no description available) -- debconf information excluded
17,18c17 < local new_resolv_conf=/etc/resolv.conf.dhclient-new < rm -f $new_resolv_conf --- > local new_resolv_conf=`mktemp` 46,48c45,46 < chown --reference=/etc/resolv.conf $new_resolv_conf < chmod --reference=/etc/resolv.conf $new_resolv_conf < mv -f $new_resolv_conf /etc/resolv.conf --- > cat $new_resolv_conf >/etc/resolv.conf > rm -f $new_resolv_conf
