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On 09/11/2010 11:35 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> Apparently, though unproven, at 11:46 on Saturday 11 September 2010, |
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>> Albert |
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>> Hopkins did opine thusly: |
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>>> On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 10:24 +0200, Stéphane Guedon wrote: |
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>>>> few months ago, I read linux kernel in a nutschell(sic), and the author |
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>>>> wrote we shouldn't do kernel operations (config and build) as root. |
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>>> I call bullsh*t. I've been compiling kernels for 17 years and for the |
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>>> most part have done it as root without any problems. |
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>> Same here. |
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>> |
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>> The root user (sometimes portage) creates /usr/src/linux-* |
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>> Someone tell me again exactly how user alan is supposed to build those |
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>> sources? |
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>> |
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> |
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> If they are accessible by a user, couldn't a user then edit or add |
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> something that would then cause a security problem? If they can edit |
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> them and no one know it, then root comes along and builds a shiney new |
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> kernel with a really nice security hole. |
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> |
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> Glad only root can get to the sources. ;-) |
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No, any user can't edit them; only the user you assign the files to. If |
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you assign them to root, only root can edit them. If you assign them to |
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kerneluser, only kerneluser can edit them. |
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This is Unix 101 :) |
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