Bug 24219 - swapon -v gives misleading message
Summary: swapon -v gives misleading message
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mount
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL:
Whiteboard: Florence Gold
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-01-17 16:36 UTC by David Lawrence
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:30 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-01-17 18:24:18 UTC
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Description Derek Tattersall 2001-01-17 16:36:28 UTC
swapon -v give the message:
swapon: warning: /dev/sda6 has insecure permissions 0660, 0600 suggested
however since the device is ownerd by root:disk, and there are no members
of group disk other than root, this message suggests a vulnerability where
there is none.

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-01-17 18:24:15 UTC
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-01-17 18:39:36 UTC
Fixed in 2.10r-2



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