> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 12 14:46:28 2002 > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:21:27 -0400 > From: Rick Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: lprng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "Michael Q. Hojnowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng: Remaining bugs in 3.8.14 build > > This is a wish-list, not a list of non-negotiable demands. :-) > > The problems below are encountered using the 'configure' script as > delivered in the 3.8.14 distribution. > > 1) The default is to build the client programs setuid root. This is not > my understanding of how it's supposed to be. > > 2) 'setruid' is selected by 'configure' for use under AIX. Although the > setruid routine exists in the AIX libraries, IT IS CAREFULLY DOCUMENTED > AS BEING BROKEN. The configure script should show this routine as > non-existant on all AIX systems. > > 3) There are compilation warnings under AIX. Since the default is to > treat warnings as errors, this terminates compilation. If the warnings > are not worth fixing, then a 'configure' option should be provided to > remove '-Werror' from the compiler options. > > -Rick > > -- > |Rick Cochran phone: 607-255-7618| > |Cornell CIT - Systems & Operations - Net-Print FAX: 607-255-8521| > |730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
The 'setruid()' is BROKEN? Sigh... OK. Could you send me the output of 'configure' and the output of running 'make -k' ? Does it have setreuid()? I need to be able to set the real UID to a user value and the effective ID to root. Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
