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Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HK3nm3SdFz4R3l X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=zyxst.net header.s=fm3 header.b="LAh/FpaO"; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm3 header.b="Vpw/nlIn"; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of tech-lists@zyxst.net has no SPF policy when checking 66.111.4.26) smtp.mailfrom=tech-lists@zyxst.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.49 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[66.111.4.26:from]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROMTLD(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[zyxst.net:+,messagingengine.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.991]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11403, ipnet:66.111.0.0/20, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[66.111.4.26:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[zyxst.net:s=fm3,messagingengine.com:s=fm3]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[zyxst.net]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[messagingengine.com:dkim]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:49:49 -0000 --KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 02:01:32PM -0700, Pete Wright via freebsd-questions= wrote: [snip] Thanks for that, it's a useful approach. The reason I asked was because I was wondering if there was something intrinsically unsafe in using git as the superuser. I mean if a daemon/process makes a socket call outbound, it's usually as the uid/gid of the daemon, the least privileges to get the work done.=20 Maybe my concerns are without foundation in this particular case?=20 or if it was something to be worried about there'd be a warning or=20 some such in the handbook. --=20 J. --KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAmFT8GAACgkQs8o7QhFz NAXPfBAAmYQusKQmNb0V1eKl1U/mSFmMA048y103R9Ylm51Rf3A300pYARfaosID U5Me9x/D/M0rOd5sS4L5Mek3dMgDK/hWIc4729kqHmPK3ZWX0zNpSfxilu1RRvAX TTNnBpRCHCt4gmdLBCZGZ3P0nETWiBUCBLK/CgfXQA0fWIVJVA1pswA1tTLU8/JP iSI0nKaE3WfAgeQNVg9hEdmfjzU9N0Fi0kc4PYVPAbmXOxyRdcgAQm2YfIMh6ULY 8aIODNXChzB6jxkK1V33KBM3pgZ+D4RLsoEi3Uxg/UUod7h5jFe9yUMxcPothZgY 1PoFP+5mfHA07UpXpZlsQhdq5JJ24tG4BCDy13Y8mRMgca6RaxMCF0JFNmsYNgPe xRONI47ecvfnB2j/oQN13EG0LpGP2W6hX3LaenJh00DKpZWJx2gNBh2XAgiSSSca HT1XrktHX6CmkJNVhAbPgNBICNodTfJVYVB1iAGugpPRdnRiXvR2qGH4R2MO+Iw+ 4ohKsCTxfdAl5HIkS/kR23niyz7qYT2JjqKJM+/Fg/pdgHZTYEZpy83Isla1et4j 8Uhn1PowEptHsIjhAYGt4yz5vHGqO4mfQ5IyK1liMMUNuNg0cO1xlZMzgBAI/aUG qSS7smhI1QUDDwIlJbhdq5Pc6algM6z3vg1VtlsZ0Cmq54IyAiY= =Uchz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM--