Bug#452907: [pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#452907: .fetchmailrc not permitted to be a symlink

2007-11-28 Thread Roger Leigh
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Roger, > * Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-26 23:21]: >> Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] >> > But this could introduce some race condition with permission or uid >> > checks. This behaviour also prevents symlink attacks :) >> >>

Bug#452907: [pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#452907: .fetchmailrc not permitted to be a symlink

2007-11-27 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Roger, * Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-26 23:21]: > Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > But this could introduce some race condition with permission or uid > > checks. This behaviour also prevents symlink attacks :) > > I'm not sure I see why, given that this is a confi

Bug#452907: .fetchmailrc not permitted to be a symlink

2007-11-26 Thread Roger Leigh
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Roger, > * Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-26 12:01]: >> % fetchmail >> File /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc must be a regular file. >> >> % pwd >> /home/rleigh >> >> % ls -l /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rleigh rleigh 15 2007-11-25 17:1

Bug#452907: .fetchmailrc not permitted to be a symlink

2007-11-26 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Roger, * Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-26 12:01]: > % fetchmail > File /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc must be a regular file. > > % pwd > /home/rleigh > > % ls -l /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc > lrwxrwxrwx 1 rleigh rleigh 15 2007-11-25 17:14 /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc -> > etc/fetchmailrc >

Bug#452907: .fetchmailrc not permitted to be a symlink

2007-11-25 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: fetchmail Version: 6.3.8-10 Severity: normal % fetchmail File /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc must be a regular file. % pwd /home/rleigh % ls -l /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc lrwxrwxrwx 1 rleigh rleigh 15 2007-11-25 17:14 /home/rleigh/.fetchmailrc -> etc/fetchmailrc % ls -l /home/rleigh/etc/fet