From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 14:30:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54DB9106566B for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from mail.mroute.net (lax-gw12.mailroute.net [199.89.0.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8CE8FC0C for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lax-gw12.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F7B03270702; Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by lax-gw12.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B54B3270701; Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 43EAB1CE3; Sun, 15 May 2011 07:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Chris Telting References: <4DC9DE2C.6070605@telting.org> <201105121657.57647.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <4DCBFC39.8060900@telting.org> <201105130932.32144.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <4DCD02EF.7050808@telting.org> <4DCFA872.9050208@telting.org> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.18.6.14; tzolkin = 3 Ix; haab = 2 Zip Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:30:03 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4DCFA872.9050208@telting.org> (Chris Telting's message of "Sun, 15 May 2011 03:18:26 -0700") Message-ID: <86oc34ox3o.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Alejandro Imass , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Established method to enable suid scripts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:05 -0000 >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Telting 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 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion