[rt-users] IRIX 6.5..can't find script or unable to stat

[Doug Weir]

Ah ha!  I think I've found a solution for people who want to build RT on
an IRIX 6.5 machine.  The "can't find script of unable to stat" message is
due to the setuid_wrapper's array of safe environment variables not being
assembled properly.  And when RT tries to use the variable SCRIPT_NAME
(which should = /rt/webrt.cgi) it finds the original /rt/webrt.cgi plus a
bunch of trash (bits of other stuff in other memory spaces poking
through).  Most if not all of the other environment variables are polluted
as well, not just SCRIPT_NAME, but this is the one that causes the most
immediate problem.

Anyways - get to the point... alright.

1) In your RT source tree find the source for suid_wrapper.  The file is
(relative to the main source directory) 'etc/suidrt.c'

1b) Make a backup copy of it (I like: suidrt.c.orig)

2) Open the file in your favourite editor, and find the line:

        strncpy(envString+strlen(candidate)+1,val,strlen(val));

and replace it with:

        strcpy(envString+strlen(candidate)+1,val);

3) Recompile (gmake install)

4) Test it thoroughly.  I don't profess to be a professional programmer,
this may break something elsewhere... but so far it seems ok.

5) Jesse can you investigate if this fix is ok ?

weirD

On Mon, 7 May 2001, Daniel Shipton wrote:

> Has anyone ever got RT to work on IRIX 6.5.  Everything installs fine
> and from the CLI it works fine but the
> web interface will not let us log in.  We get ....
> 
> cannot find script or unable to stat   ..../admin-webrt.cgi
> 
> any help would be appreciated
> 
> Daniel E. Shipton
> 
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