On 2024-04-17 14:15, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
On 17/04/2024 20:26, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
Fairly straightforward upgrade of packages.
Is anything demented about my setup:
$ cygport GeoIP.cygport upload
>>> Uploading GeoIP-1.7.0-1.x86_64
>>> Running lftp sftp://cygwin:@cygwin.com
cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)
*** ERROR: Upload failed
Thanks for reporting this.
When I connect using `lftp sftp://cygwin` I now seem to be logged in to the
sftp *root* instead of /home/Brian\ Inglis!
But in future, if you are ever reporting "I think I have access to stuff on
sourceware I shouldn't have access to", you may, exceptionally in that situation
only, send me a private mail.
Thanks Jon,
Never occurred to me it was a security glitch, nor even to look around except in
my own home dir, but I will try to remember to think that way, and let you or
someone know quietly in future.
Did sysadmin work long enough to have little interest now, except when unable to
do something admin would allow, and have to ask someone ;^>
Or is this just a way to allow my GeoIP... updates to be fixed up before I can
do anything more?
This was the result of a sshd configuration error which has been rectified by
sourceware overseers.
Oops!
Glad I noticed and mentioned that, rather than just wait and see if it was
rectified: don't want to be (much of) a pain, but you never know, as here.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
