Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/22/2016 09:22 PM, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 09:15:37PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: >> I didn't say you should remove setuid altogether. I just said you >> should use capabilties on Linux by default by

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-22 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 09:15:37PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I didn't say you should remove setuid altogether. I just said you should > use capabilties on Linux by default by setting: > > Depends: libcap2-bin [linux-any] Recommends are installed by default, so the default

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/22/2016 04:59 PM, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > Thanks. In the meantime, I've submitted 815566 against libcap2-bin > requesting that it be raised to Priority: important to match > iputils and systemd, which is the right solution hered. Probably a

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-22 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 04:01:24PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I'll have to re-test that. Again, this occurred during a FAI > installation, that is an automated installation. Thanks. In the meantime, I've submitted 815566 against libcap2-bin requesting that it be raised to Priority:

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/22/2016 03:53 PM, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 08:22:50AM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: >> Can we just fix this bug first so that people don't install >> iputils in setups like FAI or debootstrap and keep

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-22 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 08:22:50AM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Can we just fix this bug first so that people don't install iputils > in setups like FAI or debootstrap and keep wondering why iputils-ping > doesn't work for non-root users? Please explain how ping is not usable by

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 02/22/2016 03:49 AM, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > I don't see a bug against systemd for this, but there probably should be > one. Either that or we should amend policy to remove this requirement, > but I suspect that the ramifications of that would far-reaching. Can we just fix this bug first so

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2016-02-21 Thread Noah Meyerhans
(Apologies for the 11 month turn-around!) On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 09:59:39AM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > iputils-ping, as priority "important", cannot declare a dependency > > on libcap2-bin, which is priority "optional". Thus, the Recommends > > relationship. It is perfectly

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2015-03-19 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 03/19/2015 04:24 AM, Noah Meyerhans wrote: iputils-ping, as priority important, cannot declare a dependency on libcap2-bin, which is priority optional. Thus, the Recommends relationship. It is perfectly valid to run system with iputils-ping

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2015-03-18 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Source: iputils Version: 3:20121221-5 Severity: normal Hello! The new version of iputils in Jessie uses capabilities instead of set-uid to gain the necessary priviliges to send ICMP requests. While this is a great improvement with regards to security, it currently may lead to rendering the ping

Bug#780721: iputils: Please raise libcap2-bin from Recommends to Depends

2015-03-18 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:12:48PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: The new version of iputils in Jessie uses capabilities instead of set-uid to gain the necessary priviliges to send ICMP requests. While this is a great improvement with regards to security, it currently may lead to