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Re: The Dangerous of Fakeroot


From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor () hammerofgod com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:51:36 -0700


Yep, actually had a reply in my drafts. I think he's serious.  We've been getting those lately.

t

On Aug 27, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Wiliam Steck <codeinjection () gmail com> wrote:

this will only work if the desired user is in sudo and has permissions to execute as root. 
Otherwise, this post was a huge troll to get traffic to the website this article is hosted on. 

[20101:20100 - 0:501] 02:31:36 [nethic@nekobus:/dev/pts/9 +1] ~ 
$ fakeroot

[20209:20194 - 0:501] 02:31:39 [root@nekobus:/dev/pts/9 +3] ~ 
$ ls /root
ls: cannot open directory /root: Permission denied

[20209:20194 - 0:502] 02:31:47 [root@nekobus:/dev/pts/9 +3] ~ 
$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 20 2012, 22:39:59) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import os
os.system("sudo su")
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot-sysv.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
[sudo] password for nethic: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for nethic: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for nethic: 
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
256
os.system("touch /root/test")
touch: cannot touch `/root/test': Permission denied
256

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