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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:03:25 +0000
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)
Message-ID:  <984FC02D-61A8-4296-8BFA-2BDF4873A31C@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <202401221046.40MAkKGX075486@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <202401221046.40MAkKGX075486@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On 22 Jan 2024, at 10:46, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>=20
>> I'd love to see a default that anything intended to run with
>> elevated privilege is written in Lua.
>=20
> Can you elaborate that one ?
>=20
> Do you mean "setuid programs" or "500 root programs" ?

Anything that starts from an init script as root (or with otherwise elevated=
 privileges) or is typically invoked by root and does not call cap_enter.

David




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