On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Miklos Vajna<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 10:26:50PM +0200, Nicolas Pouillard 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > You can use a custom restricted shell for these users. You could only
>> > > allow to call "darcs apply".
>> >
>> > And then they commit a patch that contains a fork bomb with a 'darcs apply 
>> > --
>> > post-hook ./forkbomb --run-posthook' and you're still fried.
>>
>> Of course you have to carefully check the flags that are given to darcs 
>> apply.
>
> I think the problem is that you can push a setpref patch, then a simple
> 'darcs apply' will fire you as well.
>
> That's why - because of the security problem, by design - for example
> git does not allow you to push such 'setpref' patches at all.

Hum then maybe having an option to forbid this to darcs apply would help.

-- 
Nicolas Pouillard
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