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Re: [SLE] Busybody-Ware Changing SetUID Root Program File Modes
  • From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:59:34 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <200511141059.07634.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Monday 14 November 2005 10:43 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have VMware installed, and it makes its user start-up
> binary, /usr/bin/vmware, setuid root. Something in my system thinks it
> knows better and keeps taking away public read and execute permission
> on this file. I'm finding this annoying and tedious to keep resetting.
>
> Does anyone know what software might be doing this? I run rkhunter and
> secchk with their default configuration and on their default
> cron-driven schedules.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Randall Schulz

Something in /etc/permissions? or /etc/permissions.d ??

I run vmware and don't have that problem. YMMV

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