On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:15:04 +0200 Jan Mojzis <jan.moj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Jan Mojzis <jan.moj...@gmail.com> > > * Package name : extremetools > Version : 20161017 > Upstream Author : Jan Mojžíš <jan.moj...@gmail.com> > * URL : https://github.com/janmojzis/extremetools > * License : public-domain > Programming Lang: C > Description : tools for running processes under extreme uid and > gid > > Extremetools consists of 2 simple tools extremesetuidgid and > extremeenvuidgid. > - extremesetuidgid runs program under unique (extreme) uid and gid > - extremeenvuidgid runs program with environment variables indicating > unique (extreme) uid and gid > > This is useful for running processes in the system under unique > (extreme) uids/gids. So processes can't ptrace each other, can't send > signal each other, etc ... Could you please elaborate on that "extreme" bit? I failed to get even a basic explanation of it both from this description and the project files on Github. I understand that you may be not a native English speaker so you may well be putting a meaning into that word which is (slightly) different from the conventional perception of what it should be. ;-)
