On 2012-01-12 19:57 +0100, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 12-01-12 12:21 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2012-01-12 16:17 +0100, Tomas Volka wrote: >> >>> On Čt 12-01-12 | 09:21, Frank McCormick wrote: >>>> Noticed today in the middle of bootup messages that swapon is >>>> complaining about permissions set to 1660 and were insecure. It >>>> suggested (as I recall) 0660. I never saw this before. >>>> How do I go about changing them ? >>> >>> This bug was already reported here: >>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196857 >>> >>> You can get rid of that annoying message by issuing following as root: >>> chmod 0600 /sbin/swapon >> >> You mixed up something here, that should be the permission of *swap >> files*, not of the swapon utility. But it is true that this will get >> rid of the message, because no swap space is going to activated if >> /sbin/swapon is not executable by anyone. > > So what's the solution..
Fix swapon to not complain about files with the sticky bit set, or fix udev to not create device files with it. > and is it that important. After reading the > bug report I don't think it's all that big a deal ? Surely, it's just a warning that can safely be ignored. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y5tcu48c....@turtle.gmx.de