Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:37:12 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/include Makefile src/release Makefile src/release/picobsd/build Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/custom Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/dial Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/install Makefile.mfs Message-ID: <10667.964597032@localhost> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:40:23 MDT." <200007252340.RAA24778@harmony.village.org>
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> The problem is that if you have a symbolic link for things like /tmp, > /var/tmp, /var/mail, etc then without -L you'd continue to have > insecure permissions if you botched the initial install. It is a > relatively weak reason, but an important one for those that need it. I'm still not convinced that we're not trying to out-clever ourselves and the administrator who is _supposed_ to know what they are doing through this change. I've read Andrey's arguments and, at best, they strike me as _seriously_ weak. I'm also still wondering what the other *BSDs are doing here - I don't have a NetBSD or OpenBSD box to check, but if someone else does I'd very much like to know. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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