Re: [OT] sbox error

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 48210
interpreted = N
texte = Does the Sbox have setguid privileges ? what are the permissions .. I just wenth through the same thing with a new version of Sendmail ..turns out the permissions needed to be r-sr-xr-x the s being for 'setuserid'to 'setguid' you need to 'sudo chmod g+s cginamehere'HTH Alain > Hi > > Does anyone have experience with a thing called sbox? Here is the > opening paragraph about it:- > > --------- > sbox is a CGI wrapper script that allows Web site hosting services to > safely grant CGI authoring privileges to untrusted clients. In addition > to changing the process privileges of client scripts to match their > owners, it goes beyond other wrappers by placing configurable ceilings > on script resource usage, avoiding unintentional (as well as > intentional) denial of service attacks. It also optionally allows the > Webmaster to place client's CGI scripts in a chroot'ed shell restricted > to the author's home directories. --------- > > My problem is that this was working on our server and now for some > reason it isn't and not even the simplest formmail script will run on > our server :( > > I am getting the following error for anyone that might be able to > help:- > > couldn't setgid() to 10000 (Operation not permitted) > > I have been in to check my error logs but get nothing different from > what is stated above. > > Hope someone can help... > > Kind Regards > > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] sbox error (Alan White 2003)
  2. Re: [OT] sbox error (Alain Russell 2003)
  3. [OT] sbox error (Alan White 2003)
Does the Sbox have setguid privileges ? what are the permissions .. I just wenth through the same thing with a new version of Sendmail ..turns out the permissions needed to be r-sr-xr-x the s being for 'setuserid'to 'setguid' you need to 'sudo chmod g+s cginamehere'HTH Alain > Hi > > Does anyone have experience with a thing called sbox? Here is the > opening paragraph about it:- > > --------- > sbox is a CGI wrapper script that allows Web site hosting services to > safely grant CGI authoring privileges to untrusted clients. In addition > to changing the process privileges of client scripts to match their > owners, it goes beyond other wrappers by placing configurable ceilings > on script resource usage, avoiding unintentional (as well as > intentional) denial of service attacks. It also optionally allows the > Webmaster to place client's CGI scripts in a chroot'ed shell restricted > to the author's home directories. --------- > > My problem is that this was working on our server and now for some > reason it isn't and not even the simplest formmail script will run on > our server :( > > I am getting the following error for anyone that might be able to > help:- > > couldn't setgid() to 10000 (Operation not permitted) > > I have been in to check my error logs but get nothing different from > what is stated above. > > Hope someone can help... > > Kind Regards > > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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