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Server: cvs.openpkg.org Name: Thomas Lotterer
Root: /e/openpkg/cvs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Module: openpkg-web Date: 02-Apr-2003 15:06:01
Branch: HEAD Handle: 2003040214060000
Modified files:
openpkg-web faq.wml
Log:
work off "Userids and Groupids" and link to Handbook
Summary:
Revision Changes Path
1.28 +15 -3 openpkg-web/faq.wml
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Index: openpkg-web/faq.wml
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$ cvs diff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 faq.wml
--- openpkg-web/faq.wml 2 Apr 2003 10:04:35 -0000 1.27
+++ openpkg-web/faq.wml 2 Apr 2003 13:06:00 -0000 1.28
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@
<faq id="uid-security"
title="What is the fuzz about those multiple user/group ids in OpenPKG?">
- Since OpenPKG 1.1 the bootstrapping package ("openpkg") requires
- four distinct Unix user/group id pairs:
+ Starting with OpenPKG 1.1 the bootstrapping package ("openpkg") uses
+ four distinct Unix user/group id pairs, previous versions used only two.
<p>
<pre>
Name Option RPM-Macro Default Example Files Proc.
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
The default values are derived from the options
<tt>--user=<user></tt> and <tt>--group=<group></tt>
on the command line of <tt>openpkg-*.src.sh</tt>. For instance,
- the "Example" values above are used achieved with <tt>--user=opkg
+ the "Example" values above are achieved with <tt>--user=opkg
--group=opkg</tt>. In case of a non-privileged OpenPKG instance,
the {mrn}{usr,grp} are usually identical.
<p>
@@ -450,6 +450,18 @@
the addition that the OpenPKG "restricted user/group" has little
bit more privileges than the "nobody user/group" because (mostly
generated) files are also owned by him.
+ <p>
+ Find more about this topic in the
+ <a href="/doc/handbook/openpkg.html#security-usergroup">Handbook</a>.
+</faq>
+
+<faq id="uid-query"
+ title="How can i query OpenPKG RPM to see which user/group ids are used?">
+<pre>
+ for i in s m r n; do
+ rpm --eval "${i}usr=%{l_${i}usr}, ${i}grp=%{l_${i}grp}"
+ done
+</pre>
</faq>
<faq id="overriding-cflags"
@@ .
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