Fileshareset in kdelibs 3.3.1 has suid.

Jakub Bogusz qboosh at pld-linux.org
Fri Oct 15 18:33:35 CEST 2004


On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 06:12:57PM +0200, Piotr Szymanski wrote:
> Hi,
> Z kdelibs:
>  *************************************************************
>  *                                                           *
>  * NOTE:                                                     *
>  * If You want the directories sharing from the context menu *
>  * functionality, do as following:                           *
>  * 1) Install sperl package,                                 *
>  * 2) Set SUID root bit for fileshareset script.             *
>  *                                                           *
>  * WARNING:                                                  *
>  * 1) That allows users to write to /etc/samba/smb.conf,     *
>  * 2) After all - using sperl is not safe.                   *
>  *                                                           *
>  *************************************************************
> I have chosen to set the suid root for fileshareset (and remove stupid banner) 
> anyone against?

Separate it.
Does it still require sperl? If so, add R to this new subpackage.
Place proper warnings in description.


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