amd64/154897: Bug in open-vm-tools-313025_2 vmware-user-suid-wrapper is not installed setuid

Darko Hojnik hojnik at virtualizing.org
Sun Feb 20 00:50:14 UTC 2011


>Number:         154897
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       Bug in open-vm-tools-313025_2 vmware-user-suid-wrapper is not installed setuid
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 20 00:50:13 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Darko Hojnik
>Release:        8.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
Hojnik IT Services
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebsd 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0 r218860: Sat Feb 19 20:25:43 UTC 2011     darko at freebsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VMWARE  amd64
>Description:
After install open-vm-tools-313025_2 with pkg_add or from ports regular users are not able to get the full functionality in there graphical environment if FreeBSD runs as an VMware Guest. The reason is vmware-user-suid-wrapper a part of the package is not installed setuid with rootpermissions. The Administrator has to be inform about it or the binary has to be installed with the proper permissions
>How-To-Repeat:
ls -ltar /usr/local/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
>Fix:
chmod u+x,go=x /usr/local/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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