On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:50:08AM +0800, Tim Post wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 01:05 +1100, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:
>> Are you worried that other root users are going to point root's .lguest
>> directory somewhere else, but not the non-root user's directory?

> No, just instances where underprivileged users are granted limited
> access to lguest (say on a build farm) via a setuid script. A build farm
> is a rather trivial example but the first that came to mind.

Rather /root/.lguest than /home/$USER/.lguest/ where they could create
symlinks pointing to files we'd rather not have overwritten by sudoers.

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listening to repetitive music.
 -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

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