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Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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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 |
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>>>>> 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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>> 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. |
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> If you assign them to root, only root can edit them. If you assign |
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> them to kerneluser, only kerneluser can edit them. |
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> This is Unix 101 :) |
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My point was, if the sources are say in the user group, then any user |
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can edit them? Right now, they are in the root group and owned my root |
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which for security reasons is a good idea. That way a regular user |
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can't edit or modify the kernel sources. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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