Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 20:54:00 +0100 From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does Samba requires 777 permissions on /tmp Message-ID: <20130527205400.2cdd0172@raksha.tavi.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAFzAeSd_LnkCSjzSyj8DJLNiDrSjma=vt4Jsbcmo5MFOKyZC8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFzAeSdgRotc34%2BeyfVHZBA-QGUCWJ1MZDYw1ysRxEV9MhG2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <8661yedqyy.wl%poyopoyo@puripuri.plala.or.jp> <CAFzAeSe4YTdUiqcxSDUGDf6fQEeDK_sDVYym1hsck8fms8kJqA@mail.gmail.com> <20130520143853.79242743@raksha.tavi.co.uk> <519A9C7D.3040101@gmx.net> <CAFzAeSd_LnkCSjzSyj8DJLNiDrSjma=vt4Jsbcmo5MFOKyZC8g@mail.gmail.com>
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Did you try changing PKG_TMPDIR as I suggested? (see below)
On Mon, 27 May 2013 14:45:05 -0500
sindrome <sindrome@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I just got home from being out of town and the problem still persists
> even after I removed . from my path.
>
> echo $PATH
> /bin:/usr/lib:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/home/sindrome/.gnupg:/home/sindrome/bin:/home/sindrome/docs:/home/sindrome/docs/info:/home/sindrome/docs/config:/sbin:/bin:/etc:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:
>
> Here's what I get when I portupgrade an outdated port.
>
>
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:483: warning:
> Insecure world writable dir /tmp/ in PATH, mode 041777
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:1170: warning:
> Insecure world writable dir /tmp/ in PATH, mode 041777
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools/pkgmisc.rb:108: warning:
> Insecure world writable dir /tmp/ in PATH, mode 041777
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:483: warning:
> Insecure world writable dir /tmp/ in PATH, mode 041777
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Simon Wright <simon.wright@gmx.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On 20/05/2013 15:38, Bob Eager wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:09 -0500
> >> sindrome <sindrome@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> What I think is happening is that portupgrade is building and
> >> running shell scripts in /tmp. It's running them with (in ruby):
> >>
> >> system('/tmp/script') [roughly]
> >>
> >> The ruby runtime is checking the *path-to-the-command* and THAT is
> >> what it's complaining about.
> >>
> >> Try setting PKG_TMPDIR (in pkgtools.conf) to some suitable non
> >> world writable temporary directory.
> >>
> >> I have an older ports tree on this machine or I'd try it myself. I
> >> had to download the latest sources to check all this,
> >>
> >
> > Trying to summarise what I've tested here with the results.
> >
> > My PKG_TMPDIR and TMPDIR are set to /var/tmp:
> >
> > pkgtools.conf:
> >
> > ENV['TMPDIR'] ||= '/var/tmp'
> > ENV['PKG_TMPDIR'] ||= '/var/tmp'
> > ENV['PORTSDIR'] ||= '/usr/ports'
> > ENV['PACKAGES'] ||= ENV['PORTSDIR'] + '/packages'
> >
> > from /usr/local/etc/sudoers:
> > # Uncomment if needed to preserve environmental variables related
> > to the # FreeBSD pkg_* utilities and fetch.
> > Defaults env_keep += "PKG_PATH PKG_DBDIR PKG_TMPDIR TMPDIR
> > PACKAGEROOT PACKAGESITE PKGDIR FTP_PASSIVE_MODE"
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ ls -ld /var/tmp
> > drwxrwxr-t 9 root wheel 33280 May 20 23:02 /var/tmp/
> >
> > Note: /var/tmp is not world writeable
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ echo $PATH
> > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:**/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/**
> > usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/**usr/local/scripts:
> >
> > root@vmserver04:/root # echo $PATH
> > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:**/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/**
> > usr/local/bin:/root/bin
> >
> > I run portupgrade via sudo but both $PATH's show no /tmp or .
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ ruby -v
> > ruby 1.8.7 (2012-10-12 patchlevel 371) [amd64-freebsd9]
> >
> > portupgrade-2.4.10.5_1,2 FreeBSD ports/packages administration and
> > management tool s
> >
> > Other (not likely) relevant stuff:
> > - I have /usr/ports mounted rw with NFS
> > - I have the packages directory mounted rw with NFS and amd then
> > redefine $PACKAGES to point to the mount point
> > This has been working for several years with no issues
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ sudo portupgrade -v portupgrade*
> > ---> Reading default options: -v -D
> > -l /var/tmp/portupgrade.results_ 20130520-22:**56:25
> > -L /var/tmp/portupgrade/%s::%s.**log ---> Session started at: Mon,
> > 20 May 2013 22:56:26 +0200 ** None has been installed or upgraded.
> > ---> Saving the results to
> > '/var/tmp/portupgrade.results_20130520-22** :56:25'
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/**1.8/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:483:
> > warning: Insecure world writable dir /tmp/ in PATH, mode 041777
> >
> > Still the complaint about /tmp/
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ sudo chmod 1775 /tmp
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ ls -ld /tmp
> > drwxrwxr-t 9 root wheel 1024 May 20 23:16 /tmp/
> >
> > [simon@vmserver04 ~]$ sudo portupgrade -v portupgrade*
> > ---> Reading default options: -v -D
> > -l /var/tmp/portupgrade.results_ 20130520-23:**16:07
> > -L /var/tmp/portupgrade/%s::%s.**log ---> Session started at: Mon,
> > 20 May 2013 23:16:07 +0200 ** None has been installed or upgraded.
> > ---> Saving the results to '/var/tmp
> > /portupgrade.results_20130520-23:16:07'
> > ---> Session ended at: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:16:08 +0200 (consumed
> > 00:00:00)
> >
> > No more complaint.
> >
> > I can't read the portupgrade code well enough to see what it's
> > doing with the script, but if Bob is right that Ruby is running the
> > portupgrade commands from /tmp then the error is within the checks
> > in Ruby which is saying the 777 permission on /tmp is not
> > acceptable, 775 *is* acceptable. Which is strange since surely then
> > everyone with 777 permissions on /tmp would be seeing this message?
> > Does this get us any further?
> >
> > Thanks for all the input, it is appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Simon.
> >
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