setfsuid on ext2 weirdness (2.4)
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Quoted 1 line · Linus Torvalds
Please show them, anyway. What does "ls -ld / /etc
/etc/passwd" say?
Heh... /etc and /etc/passwd were allright... but / was fscked (or not, maybe :)
drwx--------- 500 0 both locked from other users and 500 as owner..
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99% says that one of the three will be wrong (probably "/", because you probably checked the others already and overlooked root), and you'll feel really silly.
Dunno how that ever happened (unpacking a bad tar-ball maybe) but it's fixed now and Linux 2.4.0 is completely without blame! :) I'm stupendously silly but that's just normal, also, it's another warm unix experience to cherish..
Thanks for the hint!
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And hey, if you think the above is confusing, try making your
/dev/nulla regular (writable) file by mistake. Now THAT will be confusing as
Been there got the t-shirt :)
/BW
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