On May 29, 2014 6:58 PM, "Eelco Dolstra" <eelco.dols...@logicblox.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 29/05/14 18:34, Wout Mertens wrote:
>
> > Another issue I just remembered is that of setuid binaries. NixOS has a
> > mechanism for it, and it could just as easily be used elsewhere.
Without it, you
> > can't easily use qemu for example.
>
> Why? Qemu does not need to be setuid.

Oops I meant VirtualBox. fping is another example. Or anything really.
Setuid and nix don't mix without help.
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