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author | Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro@yahoo.it> | 2014-04-17 13:53:27 +0900 |
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committer | Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro@yahoo.it> | 2014-04-17 13:53:27 +0900 |
commit | 7ceb46211ddfdbfd07b79e9cd2077ed0605ef47e (patch) | |
tree | 6a309da61ff8fad680a38dd405e7066646262cfa /ubuntu/raring/tdeutils/debian/klaptopdaemon.README.Debian | |
parent | e43a1170040313d3384f0eefdf7a071059b9c2a9 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/ubuntu/raring/tdeutils/debian/klaptopdaemon.README.Debian b/ubuntu/raring/tdeutils/debian/klaptopdaemon.README.Debian deleted file mode 100644 index d6cf29558..000000000 --- a/ubuntu/raring/tdeutils/debian/klaptopdaemon.README.Debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -klaptopdaemon and SUID permissions ----------------------------------- - -To allow ordinary users to control certain power management features, -klaptopdaemon's panel in the KDE Control Center has a button which prompts -the user to enter the root password (KDE Control Center --> Power Control ---> Laptop Battery, then the ACPI Config tab, then the Setup Helper -Application button). This button changes the permissions of -/usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper from "0755 root.root" to "6755 root.root", -and therefore grants all regular users extra power management abilities. -This has obvious security implications, and should not be done on any -system where all users are not trusted absolutely. - -The standard klaptopdaemon changes the binary's permissions using chmod. -However, if an updated version of the Debian klaptopdaemon package -were then to be installed, it would reset the permissions, forcing the -sysadmin to reconfigure after each upgrade. - -The Debian package has therefore been patched to use dpkg-statoverride to -permanently change the permissions of /usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper. The -override is removed and permissions reset if the package is removed or -purged. However, if the sysadmin wishes to remove the special permissions -of /usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper, they can do so at any time by issuing, -as root, the following commands: - -dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper -chown root:root /usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper -chmod 0755 /usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper |