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Package: pmount
Version: 0.9.11-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
pmount gives the error "Error: this program needs to be installed suid
root" even though /usr/bin/pmount is suid root.
User is a member of the plugdev group.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages pmount depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-2 0.62-4 simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii libhal-storage1 0.5.7-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
- share
ii libhal1 0.5.7-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
- share
ii libsysfs2 2.0.0-7 interface library to sysfs
pmount recommends no packages.
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Hi Ben,
Ben Hay [2006-08-04 17:39 +1000]:
> >>pmount gives the error "Error: this program needs to be installed suid
> >>root" even though /usr/bin/pmount is suid root.
> >>
> >
> >That's certainly very strange. Do you happen to have /usr mounted
> >'nosuid' or something like that? What is the output of
> >
> > ls -l /usr/bin/pmount
> > cat /proc/mounts
> >
> >for you?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Martin
> >
> >
> Oh, crap. /usr was indeed mounted nosuid. I will wear the dunce hat and
> sit in the corner now.
Heh, sometimes my gut feeling is just right. :) Thanks for checking
again, I close the bug now.
Martin
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