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Erik Hahn schrieb am 06.10.2008 20:21: |
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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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I got the intention the program is started with root privileges when |
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using start-stop-daemon. |
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Nevertheless I can reproduce your problem with the wrong variables. I |
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think it should set the variables appropriate for the user running |
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start-stop-daemon. So you should file a bug report about that. |
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Regards, |
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Daniel |
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