[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread Darren J Moffat
Roland Mainz wrote: Hi! Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) - patch is included in the RFE... This will I believe need an ARC case since it is a change in default behaviour. It also should be done for all shells not just ones that

[request-sponsor] bug fixes awaiting sponsor

2006-11-02 Thread Bonnie Corwin
Hi, We have six bug fixes awaiting a sponsor. One has been on the list for more than two months and two have been on the list for more than a month. Please take a look and see if you can pick one up. http://opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor Thank you. Bonnie

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread Bart Smaalders
Darren J Moffat wrote: Roland Mainz wrote: Hi! Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) - patch is included in the RFE... This will I believe need an ARC case since it is a change in default behaviour. It also should be done for all

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread casper....@sun.com
Darren J Moffat wrote: Roland Mainz wrote: Hi! Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) - patch is included in the RFE... This will I believe need an ARC case since it is a change in default behaviour. It also should be done for all

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread Darren J Moffat
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: Since I do this myself in my own .profile I feel duty bound to stand up to the plate and by your sponsor for this. So sign me up for putback sponsor and I'll be ARC case submitter too. Good idea (I use this myself :-)). Should the directory be created 700 by

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread Dave Miner
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: Roland Mainz wrote: Hi! Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) - patch is included in the RFE... This will I believe need an ARC case since it is a change in default behaviour. It

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread casper....@sun.com
Yeah, you'll notice that if you try to su to root and run installers that run pkgadd internally. I use this method, and the StarOffice 8 installer failed quite mysteriously until I realized it was just an instance of that problem and reset TMPDIR to something else. This, unfortunately, kills

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593 (/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-02 Thread Dave Miner
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: Yeah, you'll notice that if you try to su to root and run installers that run pkgadd internally. I use this method, and the StarOffice 8 installer failed quite mysteriously until I realized it was just an instance of that problem and reset TMPDIR to something

[request-sponsor] 4967733 and 6400646

2006-11-02 Thread Stephen Hahn
* Richard Lowe richlowe at richlowe.net [2006-10-29 12:29]: Mike Gerdts wrote: The real motivation for this and the other fix I just sent to request-sponsor was to figure out how to use mercurial. As such, if there is any goofiness with the patch or would you prefer hg bundle over hg export,

[security-discuss] sync as non privileged user (Was Re: [request-sponsor] 4967733 and 6400646)

2006-11-02 Thread Mike Gerdts
On 10/30/06, Darren J Moffat Darren.Moffat at sun.com wrote: James Carlson wrote: Why, other than the returning an error we already have 5 such privileges in the basic set. Now in each of those cases (proc_info, proc_session, proc_fork, proc_exec, file_link_any) there is a way to return an