Bug 22353
Summary: | passwd -removing executable bit doesn't give the expected results. | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <orlando_toujague> |
Component: | binutils | Assignee: | Jakub Jelinek <jakub> |
Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.0 | Keywords: | Security |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2000-12-15 16:14:37 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Need Real Name
2000-12-15 16:14:34 UTC
First of all, this is in no way related to binutils. Second, it depends how you "took away" execute bit. If any of the owner/group/other execute bits are set, root (passwd is owned by root:root) is allowed to execute it. |