On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:53:35PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > It can't run properly without root priviledges. It's probably not > installed suid root because suid root programs are a security risk.
It turns out that the reason it's not installed suid is that I was asked whether to install it suid by the postinst script and I said no. > You can either use su to change to the root user, then run it, or you > can run it with sudo (assuming you've installed and configured it > properly), or you can make it suid root as you've mentioned above Actually, I had to use suidregister to make it suid for good; otherwise a cron job changes it back. > (except I'd be surprised if it's in /usr/local/bin if you installed it > from the deb package). Of course. -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+
