Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 03:10:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_descrip.c kern_exec.c src/sys/sys filedesc.h Message-ID: <20020423030714.U24733-100000@patrocles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20020422160742.B8421@espresso.q9media.com>
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> I agree that the current solution to this problem is wrong. I think
> the most correct solution would be to fix each set[ug]id program to
> ensure that it has a working set of the basic std{in,out,err}
> descriptors by making a series of fstat() calls and watching for a
> EBADF.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike Barcroft
But... if you go through and fix the bugs in the various set[ug]id
programs, doesn't that make the kernel change a no-op? And in that case,
what's the harm in having such a feature in the kernel?
Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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