Bug 506024 - missing dependency gives warning: group nagios does not exist - using root for SUID
Summary: missing dependency gives warning: group nagios does not exist - using root fo...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 469530
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nagios-plugins
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Mike McGrath
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-06-15 10:25 UTC by Mads Kiilerich
Modified: 2009-09-30 20:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-09-30 20:49:57 UTC
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Description Mads Kiilerich 2009-06-15 10:25:37 UTC 
Description of problem:

yum install nagios-plugins-all
...
  Installing     : nagios-plugins-ide_smart-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586 13/53 
warning: group nagios does not exist - using root
...
  Installing     : nagios-plugins-dhcp-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586 31/53 
warning: group nagios does not exist - using root
  Installing     : nagios-plugins-dig-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586 32/53 
  Installing     : nagios-plugins-icmp-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586 33/53 
warning: group nagios does not exist - using root
  Installing     : fping-2.4b2-9.fc11.i586 34/53 
  Installing     : nagios-plugins-fping-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586 35/53 
warning: group nagios does not exist - using root
...

NO dependency to nagios package. Installing nagios-3.0.6-3.fc11.i586 creates the nagios group but leaves for example /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart owned by the root group. That might be dangerous for a SUID, but I don't know if it has security implications.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

nagios-3.0.6-3.fc11.i586
nagios-plugins-all-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586
nagios-plugins-ide_smart-1.4.13-14.fc11.i586
Comment 1 Jose Pedro Oliveira 2009-09-30 20:49:57 UTC 
Mads,

Known problem. Closing this ticket as a duplicate of #469530

/jpo

PS - Maybe it can be solved in #526561

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 469530 ***
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