Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:45:37
Message-Id:	`51F7B4CC.1090505@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend? by Tanstaafl

1	On 30/07/2013 12:36, Tanstaafl wrote:
2	> On 2013-07-30 4:11 AM, Randolph Maaßen <r.maassen60@×××××.com> wrote:
3	>> It needs a couple of kernel modules to work, but emerge will promt to
4	>> you what it needs.
5	>
6	> Side question...
7	>
8	> I want to run the vmware tools on my gentoo VM (so the host can safely
9	> power it down), but it also requires modules.
10	>
11	> For security reasons I have never enabled modules on my servers, but...
12	>
13	> Is there a way to do this securely, so that only the necessary modules
14	> could ever be loaded?
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17	No.
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19	The best you can do is to is to limit the modules you have to those you
20	want to use.
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23	--
24	Alan McKinnon
25	alan.mckinnon@×××××.com