Bug 1412028 - Package exim-clamav postinstall scriptlet creates directory /0750 because of missing option in mkdir command call
Summary: Package exim-clamav postinstall scriptlet creates directory /0750 because of ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: exim
Version: 25
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jaroslav Škarvada
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-01-11 02:24 UTC by Edgar Hoch
Modified: 2017-09-14 20:20 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: exim-4.89-5.fc26 exim-4.89-2.el7
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Last Closed: 2017-08-31 14:53:46 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Edgar Hoch 2017-01-11 02:24:20 UTC
Description of problem:
Package exim-clamav contains in postinstall scriptlet the following line:

/bin/mkdir -p 0750 /var/run/clamd.exim

This creates the directories 0750 (in /, because the working directory is /) and /var/run/clamd.exim .

But I assume there is a syntax error in this command call. I assume "0750" should not be a new directory, but should be interpreted as the file mode of directory /var/run/clamd.exim. There must be a "-m " inserted before "0750". See "man mkdir":

       -m, --mode=MODE
              set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

       -p, --parents
              no error if existing, make parent directories as needed


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
exim-clamav-4.87-5.fc25.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a Fedora system without package exim-clamav installed.
2. ls -l /
3. dnf install -y exim-clamav
4. ls -l /

Actual results:
Directory /0750 exists at step 4.

Expected results:
Directory /0750 does not exist at step 4.

Additional info:
I found directory /0750 since many Fedora versions, so this error exists a long time. But I haven't previously found the package that has created this directory.

Comment 1 Jaroslav Škarvada 2017-08-18 14:17:59 UTC
Thanks, nice catch. It seems it was my typo in 2012 :) Unbelievable that it persisted for so long :)

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-08-18 15:21:10 UTC
exim-4.89-5.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-f5177f3a16

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-08-18 15:29:32 UTC
exim-4.89-2.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-a8c25bd6d7

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-08-21 00:19:53 UTC
exim-4.89-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-a8c25bd6d7

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-08-22 18:06:09 UTC
exim-4.89-5.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-f5177f3a16

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2017-08-31 14:53:46 UTC
exim-4.89-5.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2017-09-14 20:20:08 UTC
exim-4.89-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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