In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : Could anyone please tell me the advantages of suidmanager as it is right : now? I can see the usefullness of a tool like that, but I wonder if there : should be a daily test run to make sure no other file are suid. Or is this : dones elsewhere?
Not all packages use suidmanager and thus the list in /etc/suid.conf is not complete. : Also why are there file in /etc/suid.conf that are not suid at all: : debmake /usr/bin/build root root 755 : debmake /usr/bin/debpkg root root 755 Suidmanager manages configurable permissions in general not only suid permissions. These binaries can be made suid. For example on my system: user /usr/bin/build root wheel 4754 user /usr/bin/debpkg root wheel 4754 I dont need sudo or other contraptions to build packages. More in /usr/doc/debmake. I can just type "build" and a packages goes through the complete build process. -- --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- Please always CC me when replying to posts on mailing lists. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .