Re: [OLPC Security] preliminary [PATCH] and discussion for #5657: activity isolation for all activities in ~/Activities

2008-08-01 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem: anything named Journal, Terminal, Log, or Analyze is not isolated. This is the biggest security hole we have right now: it is a trivial way for any activity to get root access. Another possible short-term

Re: [OLPC Security] preliminary [PATCH] and discussion for #5657: activity isolation for all activities in ~/Activities

2008-08-01 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM, C. Scott Ananian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem: anything named Journal, Terminal, Log, or Analyze is not isolated. This is the biggest security hole we have right now: it is a