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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] install.sh: install as root with reasonablepermi

To: "Robert Read" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Horms" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] install.sh: install as root with reasonablepermissions
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:58:11 -0000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] install.sh: install as root with reasonablepermissions
> Currently install.sh doesn't change the source tree, which is 
> a good thing. This allows it to be run by root when the tree 
> is on a root squashing NFS export.  If the permissions need 
> fixing, can we doing it during the build instead?

I think the best soloution is to have the install script leave the
dist/install tree unmodified, but to fix up the permissions/ownership on
the destination. The easiest way of doing this may be to copy everything
to /tmp, fixup, and then install.

Ian  
 
> cheers,
> robert
> 
> On Nov 30, 2005, at 16:33, Horms wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > The topic of creating uninstall.sh came up recently, so I 
> though I'd 
> > throw this install.sh patch into the ring.
> >
> > I noticed when running install.sh as non-root with a custom 
> umask of 
> > 0077, that amongst other things /lib becamed owned by my 
> userid with 
> > mode 0700.
> > Which was not an entirley expected or desirable outcome.
> >
> > The patch below attempts to make install.sh install files as root, 
> > with the permisions that would be created if umask is 0022. 
> That is, 
> > directories are at least mode 755, and files are at least mode 644.
> > Its a bit crude, but seems at the very least to be an 
> improvement on 
> > the current situation.
> >
> > An improvement would be to make sure that files are installed into 
> > install/ with the permissions that they should ultimately 
> be installed 
> > into /root with. This would require somewhat more extensive changes 
> > than the chown effected below.
> >
> > --
> > Horms
> >
> >
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > # Node ID 1b6ef5cde5b123b86f1a11f0709d4b1347d47ce1
> > # Parent  37d3e34dfdac009eac2bb040ff79ae711b2d50f9
> > Make sure files are installed as root with reasonable permissions
> >
> > * Fix the permissions in $src, as in some cases,
> >   particularly in lib and user/lib/python, they will
> >   have been created with the prevailing umask.
> >   After install this umask will cover /lib and /usr/lib/python,
> >   and if the umask is restrictive, this will cause all
> >   sorts of weird failures.
> > * Make sure files are installed using tar are installed as root.root
> >
> > Signed-Off-By: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > diff -r 37d3e34dfdac -r 9570d0b15d6e install.sh
> > --- a/install.sh    Sat Nov 26 11:37:18 2005
> > +++ b/install.sh    Mon Nov 28 02:56:54 2005
> > @@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
> >    exit 1
> >  fi
> >
> > +echo "Fixing permissions in '$src/lib'"
> > +find $src | xargs chmod a+rX
> > +
> >  echo "Installing Xen from '$src' to '$dst'..."
> > -(cd $src; tar -cf - --exclude etc/init.d --exclude etc/hotplug -- 
> > exclude etc/udev * ) | tar -C $dst -xf -
> > +(cd $src; tar -cf - --owner 0 --group 0 --exclude etc/init.d --
> > exclude etc/hotplug --exclude etc/udev * ) | tar -C $dst -xf -  cp 
> > -fdRL $src/etc/init.d/* $dst/etc/init.d/  echo "All done."
> >
> > diff -r 37d3e34dfdac -r 1b6ef5cde5b1 install.sh
> > --- a/install.sh    Sat Nov 26 11:37:18 2005
> > +++ b/install.sh    Mon Nov 28 02:58:09 2005
> > @@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
> >    exit 1
> >  fi
> >
> > +echo "Fixing permissions in '$src'"
> > +find $src | xargs chmod a+rX
> > +
> >  echo "Installing Xen from '$src' to '$dst'..."
> > -(cd $src; tar -cf - --exclude etc/init.d --exclude etc/hotplug -- 
> > exclude etc/udev * ) | tar -C $dst -xf -
> > +(cd $src; tar -cf - --owner 0 --group 0 --exclude etc/init.d --
> > exclude etc/hotplug --exclude etc/udev * ) | tar -C $dst -xf -  cp 
> > -fdRL $src/etc/init.d/* $dst/etc/init.d/  echo "All done."
> >
> >
> >
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