Danek Duvall wrote at Tue Jul 21 2009 16:48:53 GMT-0700 (PDT): > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 04:41:00PM -0700, James Walker wrote: > >> Exported Interfaces Classification Comment >> =================== ============== =================== >> SUNWfakeroot Uncommitted Package >> >> /usr/bin/fakeroot Uncommitted Command >> /usr/bin/faked Uncommitted Daemon > > Is there any point in running the daemon by hand, or should that be a > Private interface, stuck off in /usr/lib?
The daemon can be run by hand, but it would be pointless. Running faked is only useful if there's a fakeroot at the other end telling it what to fake. >> Imported Interfaces Classification Comment >> =================== ============== =========================== >> SUNWlibms Committed Math& Microtasking Libraries (Usr) > > What math functions does this use? None, really. >> Project Private >> =============== >> /usr/lib/libfakeroot.so.0 Library >> /usr/lib/libfakeroot.so Symbolic link >> /usr/lib/64/libfakeroot.so.0 library (64bit) >> /usr/lib/64/libfakeroot.so Symbolic link (64bit) > > If these are project private, why have compilation symlinks? fakeroot ld_preloads libfakeroot.so to achieve its desired end. Presumably this is for future "expansion"; should there be another version of the library in a future release, say, libfakeroot.so.1, fakeroot can continue to ld_preload libfakeroot.so as it does now. > Has any thought been given to having fake elevated privileges, or fake role > assumption? Apologies: I am a bit unsure as to the meaning of the question. If you are asking whether fakeroot can cause privilege escalation or allow the user to assume roles s/he is not allowed to assume, then the answer is it cannot. If, OTOH, your question is whether fakeroot can give the impression of privilege escalation, then yes, that's what it is basically designed for. When a user runs (a command under) fakeroot, s/he is fakely reported (to the command) as being root. So, the command thinks the user has all privileges. There's also some text about this included in the proposal and the manual pages. -Ravindra.
