Bug 512534

Summary: amstatus outputs "Insecure dependency in printf ..." instead of printing status of running dump
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: sfgentoo
Component: amandaAssignee: Daniel Novotny <dnovotny>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description sfgentoo 2009-07-18 19:39:18 UTC 
Description of problem:
When executing amstatus with config name, it does not output the status of the running dump, instead this error message is shown:
"Insecure dependency in printf while running with -T switch at /usr/sbin/amstatus line 980."

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Arch       : i586
Version    : 2.6.0p2
Release    : 8.fc11

Steps to Reproduce:
1. SU to user amandabackup.
2. Type in amstatus [config]
  
Actual results:
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-bash-4.0$ amstatus extdisk
Using /etc/amanda/extdisk/amdump.1
From Sat Jul 18 09:17:31 CEST 2009

Insecure dependency in printf while running with -T switch at /usr/sbin/amstatus line 980.
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Expected results:
The status of the running dump.

Additional info:
Also seen this bug in debian:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504509
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510708
Perhaps an upstream issue? The first link seems to have an hint for solution.
Comment 1 Daniel Novotny 2009-07-22 12:49:05 UTC 
a quick fix is to drop the "T" switch from the first line of the script (so it will become "#!/usr/bin/perl -w")

I will analyze if there's some more "secure" solution, but this can help you in the meanwhile. If all else fails, I will fix it this way.
Comment 2 Daniel Novotny 2009-08-04 13:30:01 UTC 
Created attachment 356172 [details]
a patch

I inspected the upstream subversion repository and it seems they dropped the "T" switch, so we will do just the same
Comment 3 Daniel Novotny 2009-08-04 13:49:45 UTC 
fixed in amanda-2.6.0p2-12.fc12