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[Support #GIL-635869]: Re: LDM configuration for Syslog-ng

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  • Subject: [Support #GIL-635869]: Re: LDM configuration for Syslog-ng
  • Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:37:29 -0700
Marcus,

> I was trying to solve the problem, but I got another error.
> To Suse honor SUID I must had to change the '/etc/permissions' file.
> In this file, has a configuration line like this:
> #
> # legacy
> #
> # don't set the setuid bit on suidperl! Set it on sperl instead if
> # you really need it as suidperl is a hardlink to perl nowadays.
> /usr/bin/suidperl
> root:root          755
> 
> So, as the instruction says, I set it on sperl. Now I get another error
> message:
> 'Insecure $ENV{PATH} while running setuid at
> /usr/local/ldm/bin/hupsyslog line 24.'
> 
> Reading the persec documentation, seems that the perl does not able the
> use of some environment variables.
> 
> Do you know what should I do? I'm trying to bypass this security
> feature, but I had no success yet.

I'm afraid that you know more about SUSE security than I do.  Because
we don't have a SUSE Linux system here with which to experiment, I
can't tell you what to do.

Is there a SUSE Linux forum that you can use?

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GIL-635869
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: On Hold