Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-22 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 08:55:26AM +0200, Jan Mojzis wrote: > > "extremely outdated"? > > > > This sounds like a hack from ~ 20 years ago when people realized that > > running several programs at the same time as nobody does not isolate > > them from each other. > > > > Much better solutions

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-21 Thread Jan Mojzis
> "extremely outdated"? > > This sounds like a hack from ~ 20 years ago when people realized that > running several programs at the same time as nobody does not isolate > them from each other. > > Much better solutions for restricting what a process can or cannot do > are now available. >

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-20 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 09:33:14AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016, at 06:56, Jan Mojzis wrote: > > >I read manpage on github, but did not understood, what exactly this > > > program provides. Can it replace creation system users for dropping > > > privileges? > >

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016, at 06:56, Jan Mojzis wrote: > >I read manpage on github, but did not understood, what exactly this > > program provides. Can it replace creation system users for dropping > > privileges? > > It's doesn't create users. > It only drops privileges (extremesetuidgid) or sets

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-19 Thread Jan Mojzis
>I read manpage on github, but did not understood, what exactly this > program provides. Can it replace creation system users for dropping > privileges? It's doesn't create users. It only drops privileges (extremesetuidgid) or sets $UID/$GID env. variables (extremeenvuidgid). For example:

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-19 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2016-10-17 20:15] Jan Mojzis > > part text/plain1045 > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Jan Mojzis > > * Package name: extremetools > Version : 20161017 > Upstream Author : Jan Mojžíš

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-18 Thread Fredrik Alströmer
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Jan Mojzis wrote: > > It appears there is copies of GPLv3 code from NaCL in the source. I'm > not a > > > lawyer, but I think that is making the distribution as "public domain" > > > pretty much illegal? Or am I missing something here? > > >

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-18 Thread Jan Mojzis
> It appears there is copies of GPLv3 code from NaCL in the source. I'm not a > lawyer, but I think that is making the distribution as "public domain" > pretty much illegal? Or am I missing something here? Hello, NaCl is not GPL3. It's public-domain https://nacl.cr.yp.to/features.html[1] Jan

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-18 Thread Fredrik Alströmer
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:57:53 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > Jan Mojzis  wrote: > [...] It appears there is copies of GPLv3 code from NaCL in the source. I'm not a lawyer, but I think that is making the distribution as "public domain" pretty much

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
You've already commented the silent failure mode, so it's not that hard to find. As for 'is it problem?', why do you think I pointed these things out? Perhaps you have good reasons to do things in an unusual way, but in the absence of comments to explain them I infer that you either don't know or

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-17 Thread Jan Mojzis
On Monday 17 of October 2016 19:57:53 Ben Hutchings wrote: > Jan Mojzis wrote: > [...] > > I'm going to maintain the package using collab-maint. > > I need sponsor. > > > > Debian package: > > - has autotest > > - is using debhelper > > - is using git-dpm

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
Jan Mojzis  wrote: [...] > I'm going to maintain the package using collab-maint. > I need sponsor. > > Debian package: >  - has autotest >  - is using debhelper >  - is using git-dpm https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/extr emetools.git >  - lintian clean (no

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-17 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:15:04 +0200 Jan Mojzis wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Jan Mojzis > > * Package name: extremetools > Version : 20161017 > Upstream Author : Jan Mojžíš > * URL

Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

2016-10-17 Thread Jan Mojzis
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jan Mojzis * Package name: extremetools Version : 20161017 Upstream Author : Jan Mojžíš * URL : https://github.com/janmojzis/extremetools * License : public-domain