I can't find the checkinstall script. I dont know how thats related. i am also not using patchadd. where can i find the checkinstall script. Is there a way i can force the pkgadd not to force the setuid to NOBODY?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Dunham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] Problem using `id` in the shell script > > Interestingly. The pkgadd itself is setting the uid. > > Yes, I'd expect that from what the man page says. > > > But this didn't happen in previously. Its happening now after trying to > > install the latest version of our software. > > Did it not happen in previous versions of pkgadd or was it previous > versions of your package? Did your other version have a checkinstall > script? > > > Why is it setting the user as nobody(60001)? > > My assumption is that it's a security measure to prevent checkinstall > from doing anything it wanted to. I'm just guessing from reading the > man page, though. > > > is there a way we can force the user to be root. > > I don't know of any way. What are you trying to do with checkinstall > that you need root access? There might be a way around it. > > -- > Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/ > Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area > < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. > > _______________________________________________ > Solaris-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
