Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:41:03 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUID/SGID installations in make world Message-ID: <19990325154103.B84208@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <34033.922367342@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 03:09:02PM %2B0200 References: <199903250812.IAA00654@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> <34033.922367342@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 03:09:02PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:12:56 GMT, Brian Somers wrote: > > > Would anyone have any objections to me adding > > > > INSTALL= install -C > > > > to all Makefiles that install setuid/setgid binaries ? > > Hi Brian, > > This might cut down on the size of the next night's security check mail, > but it'd really bugger those of us who use the "make world, reinstall > ports, find -ctime" trick to keep the machine crud-free. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. Moreover, I would like the opposite. Currently, includes are installed with "-C". What for?! If they were installed with "-c", it would be easy to determine what includes can be removed. To work around this I often rename /usr/includes to /usr/includes.old before installing the world. Later, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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