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