Debian Bug report logs - #19038
dpkg should check uid before path

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>

Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 05:48:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#19038; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20

If I accidentally run "dpkg --install ..." as myself instead of root, I
get the following:

  dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH.
  dpkg: `start-stop-daemon' not found on PATH.
  dpkg: `install-info' not found on PATH.
  dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH.
  dpkg: 4 expected program(s) not found on PATH.
  NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.

I know that dpkg will check to see that I am root at some point.  It should
do so before checking the path in order to display the correct error message.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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Severity set to `wishlist'. Request was from Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#19038; Package dpkg-iwj. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #14 received at 19038@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

# These bugs are being reassigned to dpkg-iwj. What this means is that
# they have been fixed in the primary dpkg contained in the potato
# archive, but have not been merged upstream. Please take the time to
# assure that your bug was actually fixed, and reassign it back to dpkg if
# it was not.
#
# Thanks,
#   Ben

reassign 42239 dpkg-iwj
reassign 1921 dpkg-iwj
reassign 26431 dpkg-iwj
reassign 4801 dpkg-iwj
reassign 32637 dpkg-iwj
reassign 5536 dpkg-iwj
reassign 13730 dpkg-iwj
reassign 26432 dpkg-iwj
reassign 24309 dpkg-iwj
reassign 45739 dpkg-iwj
reassign 33086 dpkg-iwj
reassign 7128 dpkg-iwj
reassign 14663 dpkg-iwj
reassign 15017 dpkg-iwj
reassign 13929 dpkg-iwj
reassign 34642 dpkg-iwj
reassign 31784 dpkg-iwj
reassign 24472 dpkg-iwj
reassign 46808 dpkg-iwj
reassign 19038 dpkg-iwj
reassign 22351 dpkg-iwj
reassign 22748 dpkg-iwj
reassign 25653 dpkg-iwj
reassign 31256 dpkg-iwj
reassign 32031 dpkg-iwj
reassign 39420 dpkg-iwj
reassign 35117 dpkg-iwj
reassign 33347 dpkg-iwj
reassign 37810 dpkg-iwj

# misc. cleanups
severity 33344 wishlist
merge 30126 33263
close 44654

stop

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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Debian Bug report logs - #19038 dpkg should check uid before path

Debian Bug report logs - #19038
dpkg should check uid before path