pkgadd failure / was: Re: [request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593("/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/") ...
Roland Mainz wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: > Roland Mainz wrote: > [snip] Good idea (I use this myself :-)). Should the directory be created 700 by default? >>> There's a risk in setting $TMPDIR and making it mode 700; the risk >>> is that programs started under a different uid may start to fail. >>> >> Yeah, you'll notice that if you try to su to root and run installers >> that run pkgadd internally. I use this method, and the StarOffice 8 >> installer failed quite mysteriously until I realized it was just an >> instance of that problem and reset TMPDIR to something else. > > Is there any bug yet to add a simple check to "pkgadd" to catch this > kind of mistake early ? > I don't believe so, I hadn't had time to look into it yet. Dave
pkgadd failure / was: Re: [request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593("/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/") ...
Dave Miner wrote: > Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > >> Darren J Moffat wrote: > >>> Roland Mainz wrote: [snip] > >> Good idea (I use this myself :-)). Should the directory be created > >> 700 by default? > > > > There's a risk in setting $TMPDIR and making it mode 700; the risk > > is that programs started under a different uid may start to fail. > > > > 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. Is there any bug yet to add a simple check to "pkgadd" to catch this kind of mistake early ? Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
