[Bug 12666] New: Wine should refuse to run if pointed at a real Windows
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 Summary: Wine should refuse to run if pointed at a real Windows Product: Wine Version: CVS/GIT Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org ReportedBy: dank(a)kegel.com Several people have recently screwed up their Windows systems by pointing Wine at their real C:\Windows directories. Wine should detect this condition and refuse to run. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Target Milestone|--- |1.2.0 --- Comment #1 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-04-20 01:48:00 --- (In reply to comment #0)
Several people have recently screwed up their Windows systems by pointing Wine at their real C:\Windows directories. Wine should detect this condition and refuse to run.
Where were you seeing this? I saw a couple on the mailing list a couple weeks ago, but none recently... Nominating for 1.2. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|enhancement |critical Priority|P2 |P1 Target Milestone|1.2.0 |1.0.0 --- Comment #2 from Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> 2008-04-20 02:32:09 --- Just today, http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wine/119917-can-wine-create-problems-window... That makes at least two in fairly quick succession. I think that's a trend -- we'll get a lot of these after 1.0. So IMHO this merits attention for 1.0, nominating. Also raising severity to critical and priority to P1 since it can screw a user's windows system. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #3 from Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> 2008-04-21 08:53:44 --- Created an attachment (id=12361) --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=12361) Disable changing the config of the C drive I don't think we can refuse to run, but how about a patch like this? Does this address your concerns? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #4 from Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> 2008-04-21 11:47:29 --- Sure, that would probably suffice. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #5 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-04-21 12:16:08 --- (In reply to comment #3)
Created an attachment (id=12361) --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=12361) [details] Disable changing the config of the C drive
I don't think we can refuse to run, but how about a patch like this? Does this address your concerns?
Doesn't prevent someone from changing it manually via symlinks... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #6 from Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> 2008-04-21 12:16:58 --- That's probably ok. We don't want to stop the wizards, just the innocent. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #7 from Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> 2008-04-21 13:00:46 --- (In reply to comment #5)
Doesn't prevent someone from changing it manually via symlinks...
Yes that's on purpose, there needs to be a way to work around the check for people who know what they are doing. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #8 from Lei Zhang <thestig(a)google.com> 2008-04-21 13:30:54 --- What about running stat() in winecfg on the target directory and displaying a warning if the target directory is ntfs/fat32? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #9 from Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> 2008-04-22 06:54:59 --- I don't think warnings are helpful, people have been conditioned by MS to click through all warnings. Anyway I put in my fix for now, we'll see if users complain. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #10 from Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> 2008-05-02 12:37:29 --- Closing bugs fixed in 0.9.61. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #11 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-05-22 15:56:43 --- Seems some users are still doing this, but by avoiding C: ------------------------- unfortunately nothing happens, when I would like to start the application. The path in the winecfg is set to: H: /windows/C/Programme/ipacs/AeroFly Professional Deluxe/ I tried to start wine H:\\flyrun.exe but nothing was going on. Other application work correctly, if start them directly in the origin XP environment. -> start application with -> wine ------------------------- http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=987 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 tehblunderbuss(a)gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |tehblunderbuss(a)gmail.com --- Comment #12 from tehblunderbuss(a)gmail.com 2008-05-24 10:42:12 --- Would it work to block for all drive letters? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 --- Comment #13 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-05-25 22:26:23 --- (In reply to comment #12)
Would it work to block for all drive letters?
Currently, we don't allow changing c in winecfg, but you can do anything by manual symlinks. We don't detect windows in anyway, which is how the user is getting around it. Something like Lei's suggestion may be needed... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version|CVS/GIT |unspecified -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
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