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On Dec 3, 2007 8:33 AM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure; NMD was written before a lot of stuff like SELinux or PolicyKit or
> whatever came along, and really hasn't been touched in a long time.
> What sort of permissions checks would you propose?
>
> Dan

Well, I think that checking that /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d is owned
by root and only writable by root and that the files in that dir were
executable by root would be adequate. In that situation, NMD would know that
everything in that directory was there with root's permission. Of course,
there's the possibility that root could put something there that was
writable by the wrong person and that person could do something they
shouldn't, but I think that in such a situation, that would be solely the
sysadmin's fault. Someone who knows enough to use NMD probably knows enough
to set sensible permissions.

Whether the permissions checking should be changed to that outright, or made
an option, I don't care one way or the other.

Scott


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