Re: Setuid execution not allowed

Mark D. Stock <marks@west.co.za> wrote: >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.36369> > >Joe Lumbley wrote: >> Jacob Salomon (jake@apparel.net) wrote: >> : If you log in as root, CD to $INFORMIXDIR where the engine was >> : installed, and run ./installonline, it should reset permissions as >> : needed in order to run properly. Just make sure you have the serial >> : number and that mecifully short key. Yes, this will brand the product >> : again but you do not have to reinstall from the tape. And it will brand >> : it as it was already branded before, so what do you care? > >I thought brand fell over if the file it wanted to "brand" was already >branded. But then maybe brand has improved over the years. :-) In earlier versions, brand complained (and failed) if it found an already branded file -- I think this still happens with the 5.0x version, though I've not verified that recently. In later versions (meaning 6.00 and above), brand does not care if the file has already been branded. I've not checked whether it leaves the old brand alone or overwrites the old one with the new. However, the ability to run brand multiple times is very handy. So, yes, even software like brand does improve gently over time. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>