Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 02:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/18373: pkg_delete shouldn't insist on root Message-ID: <200005050910.CAA00585@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/18373; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/18373: pkg_delete shouldn't insist on root Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 10:00:40 +0100 (BST) > It is? Perhaps I'm being dumb, but what's to stop a user compiling > their own version of pkg_delete and removing the getuid check? If libmm > has files deletable by a normal user, I don't even see what difference > it makes if they use pkg_delete or rm. Perhaps you could explain? Is > there something special about libmm or were you just picking a random > port? (I don't even see a libmm port, so it must be part of another > port, but anyway...) the port is called mm. I thought that pkg_delete was setuid root. (and didn't check ... :-( Nick -- n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org USB project http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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