Re: delayed list messages (Re: [4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root)

Nix wrote: > btw, I wonder what's up with the interestingly named list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems to have received a single > legitimate message at list creation and then become a pure spam > mine...) That is pretty funny. The mailing list information for it says: "Temporary test list for exci

[bug #18835] find -name option fails to correctly handle certain Unicode filenames

URL: Summary: find -name option fails to correctly handle certain Unicode filenames Project: findutils Submitted by: fbg00 Submitted on: Friday 01/19/2007 at 21:15 Category: find

Re: delayed list messages (Re: [4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root)

On 19 Jan 2007, Bob Proulx spake thusly: > James Youngman wrote: >> Nix wrote: >> > [This is a 3rd resend, since repeated attempts to send this to to >> > bug-findutils@gnu.org have failed; the email vanished without trace; >> > maybe they're stuck in a moderation queue somewhere, but maybe they'r

delayed list messages (Re: [4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root)

James Youngman wrote: > Nix wrote: > > [This is a 3rd resend, since repeated attempts to send this to to > > bug-findutils@gnu.org have failed; the email vanished without trace; > > maybe they're stuck in a moderation queue somewhere, but maybe they're > > lost. Apologies if they turn up after I se

[4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root

locate's new slocate support has broken locate when run as root, because of an assumption in drop_privs() that failure to drop privileges is caused by attackers running locate without CAP_SETUID. This is obviously not always true: you can't drop privileges if your real uid is already root, and in t

[4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root

locate's new slocate support has broken locate when run as root, because of an assumption in drop_privs() that failure to drop privileges is caused by attackers running locate without CAP_SETUID. This is obviously not always true: you can't drop privileges if your real uid is already root, and in t

Re: [bug #18714] and also seen as separators by GNU xargs

On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 09:25:04PM +, James Youngman wrote: > On 1/13/07, Stephane Chazelas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >BTW, please disregard #18715, I had misread the documentation > >and specification. > > Hmm. What did you read that changed you mind? [...] Well the man page and SusV3.

Re: [bug #18714] and also seen as separators by GNU xargs

On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 06:49:26PM +, James Youngman wrote: > > Update of bug #18714 (project findutils): > > Status: In Progress => Fixed > > ___ > > Follow-up Comment #2: > > Fixed in

Fwd: [4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root

(I'll try to figure out where the previous mails went to) -- Forwarded message -- From: Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 19, 2007 12:06 AM Subject: [4.3 PATCH] locate fails when run as root To: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [This is a 3rd resend, since repeated attempts to