From: s_titz@ira.uka.de (Olaf Titz) Subject: Re: 0.99p7A: doexpire calling df says cannot read mounted fs ? Date: 31 Mar 1993 12:51:16 GMT
In article <C4prtq.2r5@isys-hh.hanse.de> tthemann@isys-hh.hanse.de (Tim Themann) writes:
> > /usr/local/lib/news/bin/expire/doexpire &
> >as user news gave me:
> >df: cannot read mounted filesystems: permission denied
[proposed half-fix:]
> change /usr/local/lib/news/bin/spacefor, line 56 form
> df $arg | awk "BEGIN { nf = 4 ; nr = 2 }
> to /usr/bin/df $arg | awk "BEGIN { nf = 4 ; nr = 2 }
The fix is to make /bin/df setuid root, which it *has* to be to work
correctly. (Or just remove it.) /usr/bin/df is setuid root so the
problem doesn't surface with a /usr/bin:bin path but with a
/bin:/usr/bin path (as in the cnews scripts) it becomes a problem.
At least that was the reason for me (SLS late January)
Olaf
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