Re: Bug in xfs

[draht2 () RZLIN1 RUF UNI-FREIBURG DE (Roman Drahtmueller)]

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> [lukasz@lt /tmp]$ ls -all /etc/shadow
> -r--------   1 root     root          544 Mar 30 00:04 /etc/shadow
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> [root@lt /root]# xfs &
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> [lukasz@lt /tmp]$ ls -all /etc/shadow
> -rwxrwxrwt   1 root     root          544 Mar 30 00:04 /etc/shadow
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> Solution, As root before run xfs, make rm -rf /tmp/.font-unix

For sure this needs to be fixed. Your "solution" introduces a race
condition, though, if the font server is started when users are
allowed to log on.

A better interim aid is not to run xfs as root in the first place. In
fact, why would one want to run things as root if not necessary?

Roman.
Computer Center University of Freiburg, Germany.
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