Bad attributes for some files in /etc

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:22    Post subject: Bad attributes for some files in /etc Reply with quote
I understood that /etc is always read-only, but these 3 files should not have the execute bit set:

Code:

root@HOSTNAME:/etc# /opt/bin/find *.conf -type f -executable
minidlna.conf
rfc6761.conf
trust-anchors.conf
root@HOSTNAME:/etc# ls -l minidlna.conf
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4193 Jul 22 03:47 minidlna.conf

The worst was minidlna.conf, which for a moment, had a mode of 777! I cannot reproduce what I saw though. I really saw it.... Smile

BTW, I think /etc/minidlna.conf was NOT generated and followed corresponding MiniDLNA settings in WEBUI.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 14:47    Post subject: Reply with quote
What is under the directory listing of /tmp? That will point you in the correct direction, perhaps.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 15:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
kernel-panic69 wrote:
What is under the directory listing of /tmp? That will point you in the correct direction, perhaps.


I was confused again. DD-WRT is using /tmp not /etc... I was by habbit thinking about standard Linux convention.

But is it a good idea as /tmp is NOT read-only! It's great for programmers to debug source codes though. "tmp" should always be about temporary stuffs. It's more logical/natural for system-generated config files to go into /etc.

Anyway, you always login as root. Smile

Thanks! Thanks....

Again, the server name "friendly_name" of MiniDLNA is using Setup -> Basic Setup -> Optional Settings -> Hostname(?), means it's coupled with Samba....


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, the embedded world is different as /tmp is located in RAM.
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