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 _______________________________________________ fastboot mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/fastboot
