On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 05:10:00PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 01:28:08AM +0100, Peter van Dijk wrote:
> >
> > No that's a great idea. Have rpm spawn an external -_possibly_tampered_with_-
> > binary to verify qmail.
>
> That's just silly. Do an md5 checksum of the verification binary
> as a preamble to verifying the qmail binaries.
And at _another_ level of complexity?
> > Then having a control file with the uids in it sounds safer to me.
>
> That's just flat out not an option. Until it is, why waste time
> considering it?
I'm not. I don't care. I don't use redhat nor RPM. But the uids in the control
file is much less complex than fixing up RPM for using external checkers.
Just my .02 euros :)
Greetz, Peter.
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