[Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-521940 ] jftpgw needs user nobody

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Bugs item #521940, was opened at 2002-02-24 03:12
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Category: Configuration / Scripts
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Friedrich Lobenstock (friedl)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: jftpgw needs user nobody

Initial Comment:
It's not very secure to let it run as root.

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>Comment By: Friedrich Lobenstock (friedl)
Date: 2002-09-21 18:15

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=38090

My English could be better I guess. Ok once more.

When telling jftpgw in its config file to run as user nobody
it does try to create its logfiles as this user too. Instead
it should create them as root and then switch to the
configured user. That's how all other daemons do it.

Mailed the author of jftpgw, so we'll see what he has to say
about this matter.

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Comment By: Friedrich Lobenstock (friedl)
Date: 2002-09-21 18:00

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User nobody now exists. An we have a new jftpgw version.
Now this jftpgw is braindead because when setting it to run
as user nobody
I starts creating the logfiles not as root and then changing
the user. We
and up with a non functioning jftpgw.
 
So jftpgw has to be run as root :-(

Will try to file a bug report with them.


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Comment By: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
Date: 2002-04-09 00:59

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@friedl
This is still open, or?
The user nobody is added to the system, but we'ld have to 
change some more, e.g. start script. ;-)
I have no jftpgw running, so I can't test it.

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Comment By: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
Date: 2002-02-25 02:46

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user nobody and group nogroup are now existing

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