Bug#642452: SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root

2011-09-22 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 13:56:47 -0500, Jeffrey G Thomas wrote: > > > chgrp -R staff /home/wvincent/public_html/lps/sites > > > chgrp: changing group of > > > `/home/wvincent/public_html/lps/sites/default/files/feeds/studiolocations.csv': > > > Operation not permitted > > > > I'm afraid that so

Bug#642452: SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root

2011-09-22 Thread Gergely Nagy
reassign 642452 general thanks Jeffrey G Thomas writes: > Package: setuid > Severity: normal When reporting problems using the Debian BTS, the Package *must* be either a real package, or one of the acceptable virtual packages. In case of reporting problems that cannot be tied to any particular

Bug#642452: SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root

2011-09-22 Thread Jeffrey G Thomas
Package: setuid Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** We have a custom C binary that checks for permitted paths and users, and if those checks pass, our binary runs as set-uid (as root) chmod and chgrp on some directories. The general idea is that our programmers can