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On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 02:27:11PM +0200, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> 2008/10/6 Erik Hahn <erik_hahn@×××.de>: |
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> > No, it simply shouldn't change them, there's no reason to do that (to my |
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> > knowledge). |
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> I think it is a big security issue if a normal user could start |
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> arbitrary daemons with root privileges. So you should file a bug at |
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It doesn't give anyone root privileges, it only sets wrong variables. |
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> I think only root should be able to execute start-stop-daemon and the |
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> user should be changed with the proper command line switches. I |
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> actually don't know if it is --chuid or --user as this has changed |
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> between old baselayout and new openrc. |
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Why's that? Running a program with user privileges is no security |
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problem at all. |
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-Erik |
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