But that means we have to add all permission since all are configurable. Isn't it a better idea to save the standard setting only for those programs that are setuid by default?
Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Projekt-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Fax: (+49) 2405/4670-10 >-----Original Message----- >From: Christoph Lameter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 5:45 PM >To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org >Cc: Die Adresse des Empfängers ist unbekannt. >Subject: Re: Use of suidmanager > >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] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
