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and subject line Bug#410036: libc6: resolver: $LOCALDOMAIN does not work as 
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Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.6.ds1-11
Severity: normal


Overwriting the search-list in /etc/resolv.conf with
the environment variable LOCALDOMAIN does not work as
non-root:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf 
nameserver 194.95.249.252
nameserver 194.95.246.252
nameserver 194.95.247.252
search sgs.dfn.de shuttle.de vc.dfn.de
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ping topas
ping: unknown host topas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# LOCALDOMAIN='noc.dfn.de x-win.dfn.de' ping topas
PING topas.noc.dfn.de (193.174.247.204) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from topas.noc.dfn.de (193.174.247.204): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.153 
ms
64 bytes from topas.noc.dfn.de (193.174.247.204): icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.166 
ms

--- topas.noc.dfn.de ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.153/0.159/0.166/0.014 ms
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# exit
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping topas
ping: unknown host topas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LOCALDOMAIN='noc.dfn.de x-win.dfn.de' ping topas
ping: unknown host topas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  tzdata                        2007a-3    Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time

libc6 recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information


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Raoul Borenius a écrit :
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.6.ds1-11
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Overwriting the search-list in /etc/resolv.conf with
> the environment variable LOCALDOMAIN does not work as
> non-root:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf 
> nameserver 194.95.249.252
> nameserver 194.95.246.252
> nameserver 194.95.247.252
> search sgs.dfn.de shuttle.de vc.dfn.de
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ping topas
> ping: unknown host topas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# LOCALDOMAIN='noc.dfn.de x-win.dfn.de' ping topas
> PING topas.noc.dfn.de (193.174.247.204) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from topas.noc.dfn.de (193.174.247.204): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 
> time=0.153 ms
> 64 bytes from topas.noc.dfn.de (193.174.247.204): icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 
> time=0.166 ms
> 
> --- topas.noc.dfn.de ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.153/0.159/0.166/0.014 ms
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# exit
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping topas
> ping: unknown host topas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LOCALDOMAIN='noc.dfn.de x-win.dfn.de' ping topas
> ping: unknown host topas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 
> 

For security reasons this environment variable (among others) is not
used for setuid programs. /bin/ping is setuid.



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