On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:22:46 -0700 (MST), Jeff Ross
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Beginning with OpenBSD 3.2, /var is mounted as nosuid if /var
> exists as a separate partition.  This default configuration occurs only
> with new installs and not with in-place upgrades.
> 
> This will cause tmda-cgi to fail right after login.  Since the nosuid
> causes a silent failure, the error message that appears specifies an
> IOError and a failure to read the user's crypt_key file.  This is an
> effect of nosuid and not the real problem.

I checked a new version into CVS that complains if the seteuid fails.
It suggests that the user checks whether nosuid is set for the
appropriate partition in /etc/fstab.

Thanks for finding it.

Gre7g.
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