On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:52:44PM +0900, Ken'ichi Ohmichi wrote:
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> 2007/01/11 07:08:10 -0500, Neil Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> My idea is the same as yours. 
> >> But there is one problem. On RHEL5.0-beta2, a normal user (no root)
> >> cannot run makedumpfile directly due to no path of /sbin/makedumpfile.
> >
> >What?  Why can't a non-root user run makedumpfile?  I assume this is some
> >sort of selinux targeted policy?  I would think the fast answer would be
> >to update the policy and submit it for inclusion.  I can't see any rason
> >why letting any user run makedumpfile would be a risk
> 
> I'm sorry to give you a false impression. 
> I did not talk about SELinux. I told about path:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo $PATH
> /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/oomichi/bin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ makedumpfile -v
> -bash: makedumpfile: command not found
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /sbin/makedumpfile -v
> makedumpfile: version 1.0.7 (released on 08 December 2006)
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
> 
> I wanted to say that makedumpfile on a remote host should be operated
> by full path (/sbin/makedumpfile), or makedumpfile's directory should
> be changed (ex. /bin/makedumpfile).
> 
Ahh understood.

Thanks for the clarification.
Neil

> >> It is not secure to require a root login of a remote host to transport
> >> a dumpfile. It is necessary to change makedumpfile directory, or run
> >> /sbin/makedumpfile on a remote host:
> >> 
> >> # makedumpfile -S -cd31 -i /tmp/makedumpfile.config /proc/vmcore | ssh 
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "/sbin/makedumpfile -R dumpfile"
> 
> Thanks
> Ken'ichi Ohmichi
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