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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> The true reason the directory bothers me is its permissions, and those |
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> of the files inside. They seem to be created as portage:portage, 0660. |
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> Why is root:root 0640 not good enough for them? Does that mean some |
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> part of portage runs setuid/setgid to the portage user/group? |
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Yes, this is a security feature (which you can turn off in FEATURES). |
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It reduces the impact of rogue Makefiles and such. |
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Rich |
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