On 8/4/06, George Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
..Dan's work made me think of this.. If we can pick and our user/group and all looks well is there a reason we should keep ... su - $(LUSER)... at all. You will still need root priv or sudo to build the final stages so privileges are not an issue. As usual it is easier to state than code and gremlins pop up in the least likely places.
The reason why switching to the unprivileged user is so important is so you don't inadvertantly mangle the host during the temp stage. Obviously, a scripted build guards against that, but if there are bugs in the book or script... Is that what you were asking? -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
