Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:30:03 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> Cc: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Established method to enable suid scripts? Message-ID: <86oc34ox3o.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <4DCFA872.9050208@telting.org> (Chris Telting's message of "Sun, 15 May 2011 03:18:26 -0700") References: <4DC9DE2C.6070605@telting.org> <201105121657.57647.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <4DCBFC39.8060900@telting.org> <201105130932.32144.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <BANLkTin4rkQouSiOy4M1uu%2BqXSWJzF_STA@mail.gmail.com> <4DCD02EF.7050808@telting.org> <BANLkTikqTNgaqFoRc7keOU_kp6ofTOMk2g@mail.gmail.com> <4DCFA872.9050208@telting.org>
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>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> writes: Chris> I honestly tried when I posted the question to avoid the question Chris> of right or wrong. I simply have one opinion for my own need and Chris> preference and don't want to go into rigid detail and did not Chris> mean to reopen the issue. I simply wanted to know if anyone had a Chris> patch already or a flag enabled it. It's similar to the phrase Chris> that if you have to ask you can't afford it except in this case Chris> it means you can. I have a feeling someone somewhere did it. If Chris> no one comes forward I will post a proper patch for review and Chris> maintain documentation of the pitfalls to the extent I can and Chris> that others forward to me. I have no desire to change Freebsd's Chris> standard practice. I leave that to the steering committee of each Chris> and every distribution of unix like systems. I am simply grateful Chris> to be able to make my development systems work the way I want it Chris> to because I want it to. It's a question of complete phylosophy Chris> to me as to the base unix permissions system. I simply know what Chris> appeals most to me the way that I use systems. We all love Chris> Freebsd because it means choice. I apologize to anyone that Chris> thinks I reopened a can of worms and wasted time, it was not my Chris> goal. When a child reaches for a hot stove, the only moral thing to do is pull their hand back, without hesitating. That's what we're trying to do for you. Why are you not getting it? You *will* get burned. Why do you not trust the community to notice that for you? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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