Re: [pmfirewall] Re: minor install bug on Debian systems

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From: ACNET (acnet@caribe.net)
Date: Tue May 23 2000 - 12:16:12 PDT

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Johnson <rick@pointman.org>
To: Gregory T. Norris <haphazard@socket.net>
Cc: <pmfirewall@pointman.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:34 AM
Subject: [pmfirewall] Re: minor install bug on Debian systems

>
> Typical Debian.
>
> NOTE: The above message was not meant to start a distro war. It's sole
> purpose was to anger certain people on the list. You know who you are. :)
>
> Thnaks for pointing it out as well as the patch!
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Sun, 21 May 2000, Gregory T. Norris wrote:
>
> > I've run into a minor bug during the installation of PMFirewall 1.1.4
> > onto a Debian 2.2 (potato) system... a patch is attached for your
> > consideration.
> >
> > The basic issue is that Debian systems don't guarantee /bin/sh to be a
> > link to bash, although that *is* the default. The official policy is
> > that any POSIX compatible shell is acceptable, with ash and pdksh (I
> > believe) considered to fulfill that requirement. The actual problem is
> > that the installer uses the $UID variable, which is bash-specific, to
> > verify root privileges. The aforementioned patch just assigns the
> > appropriate value if the variable doesn't already exist.
> >
> > Thanx!
> >
>
>
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