Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:31:01 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jb@cimlogic.com.au, paulz@trantor.stuyts.nl Subject: Re: make buildworld needs root privs , why ? Message-ID: <9806291531.AA12450@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Jun 1998 23:28:19 PDT." <199806280628.XAA04491@bubble.didi.com>
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Using Unix for more than 15 years, IMHO its a mistake to run
any make job as root (or anything you don't have to, for that matter)
When I make kernels, I chown -R leisner /usr/src/sys
(or something like that) so I didn't need to be root.
IMHO, its a better idea to have special "install programs" running setuid,
with permissions:
rwsr-x---
and put yourself into a special group to access them.
But, as a rule of thumb, the fewer things you have to do as "root",
the fewer fatal mistakes you can make.
--
marty
leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
The Feynman problem solving Algorithm
1) Write down the problem
2) Think real hard
3) Write down the answer
Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times
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