Re: ABRT considered painful

2009-12-29 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
will remove it upon install, thus negating the reason it was created in the first place. Cheers, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
failed: not-authorized, Failed to obtain authentication. [bu...@smaug ~]$ Let's calm down now, please. :) -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
2009/11/18 Simo Sorce sso...@redhat.com: On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 13:19 -0500, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: This significantly limits the number of users with powers to install signed software -- almost to the point of where it sounds like a fair trade-off. If someone has physical access

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
is a sane security trade-off. Regards, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
in /usr for the entire package set. That's kind of a silly exercise in what-ifs. The default anaconda partition scheme is /boot, swap, and /. If someone wanted to fill up the disk, they can just write to /tmp on a default install. Regards, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
way to do it. Regards, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
if I invoke it within 5 minutes of using it (or however long it is). Regards, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Local users get to play root?

2009-11-18 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
, very far from OMG LOCAL ROOT FOR EVERYONE as implied in the original email. Regards, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Ubuntu shows updates / security updates on shell logins

2009-11-04 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
shell access, they can always run foo --version, so I don't think this introduces any security risks that aren't already posed by someone having a shell on your server. Cheers, -- McGill University IT Security Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list

Re: Switching python-setuptools to distribute

2009-10-12 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
inside of the python stdlib and a fork of setuptools being worked on. FWIW, as a former maintainer of the package, I'm all for the switch to distribute. Cheers, -- Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman

Orphaning a few packages

2009-09-17 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
for Python GUI applications python-pgsql - Enhanced python interface to PostgreSQL yaz - Z39.50/SRW/SRU programs Have fun, and thanks! Cheers, -- Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora

Re: Php why must your apps suck so?

2007-10-31 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
as present in any other programming environment. It's easy to be sloppy with user input in any language. Regards, -- Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec ___ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@redhat.com https

Re: fedora-accounts:: pgdb.py

2007-07-05 Thread Konstantin Ryabitsev
. Can this be done using python-pgsql? -- Konstantin Ryabitsev Montréal, Québec ___ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list