Recommended update for permissions

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1899-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

  • chage(1) only needs read rights for /etc/shadow, so change its default mode to setgid shadow instead of setuid root. (bsc#975352)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1110=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1110=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1110=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • permissions-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
    • permissions-debugsource-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • permissions-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
    • permissions-debugsource-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • permissions-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
    • permissions-debugsource-2015.09.28.1626-13.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-2015.09.28.1626-13.1

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