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Date:      Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:00:59 +0200
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
To:        Michael Bushkov <bushman@rsu.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] caching daemon release and nsswitch patches
Message-ID:  <20050831190059.GA23652@stack.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20050830172127.E5409@stinger.cc.rsu.ru>
References:  <20050827170633.Y5409@stinger.cc.rsu.ru> <43123F3B.8070002@FreeBSD.org> <20050829115740.N5409@stinger.cc.rsu.ru> <20050829163025.GA25664@dan.emsphone.com> <20050830172127.E5409@stinger.cc.rsu.ru>

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On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:32:52PM +0400, Michael Bushkov wrote:
> We can't ensure that, I guess. In the upcoming version (before the 1st of 
> September), the cache would be per-user. This would solve all the security 
> problems. In a little while, I'll implement the ability for cached to act 
> as nscd. So you'll be able to choose the behaviour.

What about setuid/setgid programs then?

setuid root programs can use root's cache, perhaps a similar thing could
be done for other setuid programs, but what about setgid?

perhaps don't cache at all for set*id programs (issetugid(2))?

-- 
Jilles Tjoelker



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