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On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 02:46:31PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> More generally, I'm wondering about set*id binaries in gentoo. If I |
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> don't want/need the particular feature thus provided, can I simply turn |
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> off the set*id bit? |
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Most of the time packages will not work correctly (as defined by upstream) |
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and will require you to run them as root explicitly (e.g. through sudo). |
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But maybe the right solution for you is to mount your root partition |
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nosuid. You could see how that works out first before doing anything more |
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permanent - or maybe that will be enough. |
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