Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 16:20:12 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch Message-ID: <200009022220.e82MKCG02370@billy-club.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Sep 2000 19:02:46 %2B0200." <41094.967914166@critter> References: <41094.967914166@critter>
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In message <41094.967914166@critter> Poul-Henning Kamp writes: : bothered me: Why don't we have the option of a per user alias file : for hostnames ? We do. It just doesn't work with setuid programs at the moment. cf src/lib/libc/net/res_query.c and HOSTALIASES. It is disable for setuid root programs because it introduces some nasty security holes otherwise. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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