FS#14850 - [wicd] permissions causing dbus exceptions

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jesse (freshhawk) - Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 18:51 GMT
Last edited by Isenmann Daniel (ise) - Sunday, 07 June 2009, 12:07 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Isenmann Daniel (ise)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Wicd 1.5.9-1 has two permission errors that interfere with logging and startup. Pacman (actually yaourt but i assume it was a message from pacman) warns you about the odd permission on /var/log/wicd and tells you they should be 755.

wicd-daemon.py will still not start (and fails silently when running /etc/rc.d/wicd start) due to a dbus security error

Setting /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf to 644 (chosen only to match the other .confs, i don't know if that's right) solves this problem and wicd-daemon works fine after restarting dbus

Additional info:
* package version(s) 1.5.9-1-i686
* config and/or log files etc.
* /var/log/wicd
* /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf

Steps to reproduce:
Install wicd 1.5.9-1, start wicd-daemon
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Closed by  Isenmann Daniel (ise)
Sunday, 07 June 2009, 12:07 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  The permissions in the package are right. In wicd 1.6.0 they are definitly right, please check the new pacakge.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 31 May 2009, 02:19 GMT
> ...warns you about the odd permission on /var/log/wicd and tells you they should be 755.
That tells you that your system is wron but the package is right.

I don't actually use (or maintain) wicd but I can check the wicd.conf permissions and fix.

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