Package: approx Version: 2.8.0 Severity: normal /etc/cron.weekly/approx exits prematurely with the following error when libpam-tmpdir is installed and setup.
"/tmp/user/0/approx982b38: Permission denied" PROBLEMS 1) gc_approx is initially run as root and does setuid32 to user approx 2) strace indicates that it tries several times to access/write files in /tmp/user/0. Access to that directoy is denied because of 1) SUGGESTION - fixing bug 343105 probably caused this - using su -s /bin/sh approx -c "/usr/sbin/gc_approx --quiet" in /etc/cron.weekly/approx fixes the problem. The "-s /bin/sh" option is required because shell of user approx is /bin/false. If "su" is not used at all TMPDIR will not get set properly (which causes the problem in the first place). Another solution would be to set the proper TMPDIR as well after setuid32 call. -- System Information: Debian Release: etch Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1 -- This report was not filed by reportbug and may therefore not be 100% compliant with the debian requirements - I am sorry for inconvenience. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
