Re: wrong modes in gnome-games

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

On 17 Jul 1998, Dirk Luetjens wrote:

> To: martin@home-of-linux.org
> Subject: Re: wrong modes in gnome-games
> From: Dirk Luetjens <dirk@Elfe.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Martin Baulig <martin@home-of-linux.org> writes:
> 
> > Well, those errors are not so strange at all. How does your mode 755
> > gnomine get the libraries ? Are they listed in /etc/ld.so.conf or do you
> > have LD_LIBRARY_PATH set ? You need to listen the directories containing
> > the libraries in /etc/ld.so.conf 'cause LD_LIBRARY_PATH is ignored for
> > suid and sgid programs. This is true at least under Linux, but AFAIK also
> > under every other system 'cause it would be a big security hole otherwise
> > (imagine someone could use his own /lib/libcrypt.so for /bin/su ...)
> 
> You are right. I have set LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable set. I never though
> about that point above (-> isnīt this another point for the FAQ?)
> 
> But that doesnīt explain why the mode is although readonly?
> 
> ---x--s--x   1 dirk     games      211236 Jul 16 15:48 /opt/gnome/bin/gnobots*
> 
> I would have expected something like
> 
> -rwxr-sr-x   1 dirk     games      211236 Jul 16 15:48 /opt/gnome/bin/gnobots*

Yes, that's true. I also can't see any reason why it's so.

Martin

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