Re: [cobalt-users] lost admin access

[chris <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

thank you Mark, but neither postgres nor MySQL on this server. It is a RaQ2.
This has something to do with the RaQ2-Security Release 2.94
because this patch was supposed to fix a security problem with this CGI.

chris




Mark Spieth wrote:
> 
> It is a problem with the postgres database. This is where all the
> information is saved. At least that is where it is on the Raq3's
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 9:11 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] lost admin access
> 
> On a RaQ2 with all security patches, i lost part of the admin access;
> neither the main administrator, nor site administrators can anymore
> modify the existing users "You do not have permission to access the
> requested file on this server"; the involved script is
> /.cobalt/siteUserMod/siteUserMod.cgi
> 
> i checked /etc/group and /etc/shadow files, all seems well....
> 
> the script checks /var/cobalt/uidb but i have no way to control this
> file (binary).
> 
> It seems a file specifying permissions has been corrupted, but i do not
> know which one. Has somebody already had the problem? anyone knows which
> is the file i should check?
> 
> thank you very much for any help....
> 
> chris


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