Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:44:33 -0800 From: Michael Collette <metrol.net@gmail.com> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux fontconfig (was: Re: LDAP and Linux compatibility) Message-ID: <c4c5231305032516445991d630@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050325114540.7d6619ec@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <c4c5231305031915001b6dbcd4@mail.gmail.com> <44hdj6fjuo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <c4c5231305032013372c8712dc@mail.gmail.com> <c4c52313050323112589201b1@mail.gmail.com> <20050325102547.772af451@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <c4c5231305032502183d9a93c0@mail.gmail.com> <20050325114540.7d6619ec@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:45:40 +0100, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:18:38 -0800 > Michael Collette <metrol.net@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I should have posted a follow up, but I didn't think it was relevant > > to security. Turned out all that was needed was to add a couple of > > missing font paths to the font.conf file in the > > /compat/linux/etc/fonts directory. I now have both Acrobat Reader 7.0 > > and RealPlayer up and running. > > Are we talking about non-standard font paths? Sure was. I had a TrueType and WinFonts directory defined in my xorg.conf file, but nowhere else. > > I still have some pretty serious concerns with how I needed to fix the > > uid lookup problem. > > The right solution is to get appropriate linux ports (pam_ldap, ...). Is there any reason why the system call couldn't be masked instead? I've only read enough thus far to be a danger, but it seems like that would be a more elegant way of handling authentication issues for whatever OS is being emulated. Later on, -- "When you come to a fork in the road....Take it" - Yogi Berra
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