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From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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cc: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: SUIDDIR -> security.bsd.suiddir_enable.
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 12:51:20AM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > Any objection on such exchange?
> 
> I prefer it to remain a non-default compile-time option to discourage
> use.

The suiddir option only really makes sense (and is only really secure)
for partitions  that are exported via SAMBA etc. 
A shell user can make too much of a nuisance of themselves with it..

We added it for a Samba-based fileserver box product.

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> Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org
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