> On Feb 28, 2017, at 02:07, René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Monday February 27 2017 12:00:26 [email protected] wrote:
>> ...or maybe they "just" need "a dozen" years of work. Darwin isn't Linux;
>> SIP isn't SElinux: things don't carry over.
> 
> With Apple's resources you'd hope it wouldn't take them a dozen years...
> 
>> If you really need to pass through such envvars, just don't use a system
>> shell.
> 
> Like installing a shell through MacPorts or similar and setting that as your 
> login shell?

Yep, that's certainly an option.

> Won't such shells have limited permissions because they haven't been ratified 
> officially?

Limited permissions?  In what regard?

FWIW, bash on macOS is quite ancient because we got stuck at the last GPL-2 
version of bash.  Most folks that I know prefer to just install current 
versions of zsh since it's got a much friendlier license and is significantly 
more up to date than macOS's bash.

>> Many posts out there suggest to turn it off to try and workaround problems
>> without realizing that SIP has nothing to do with the issue, and users
>> blindly following such advice just leave it turned off on their systems
>> without realizing the security implications.
> 
> SIP has become the new "repair permissions"? :)

Yep.

> It would probably help if there were an "easily" accessible way to "reboot 
> without SIP", either from the running session or through a keychord when 
> booting up. Or, better, both.
> This would allow people to test if SIP is involved and still fall back into 
> its safe arms at the next reboot.

Interesting idea.  File a radar.  I suspect that it's been mentioned before, 
but +1 never hurts.

> OTOH, I get the impression that we're discussing a context here that's likely 
> encountered only by people who survived just fine without SIP until now. 
> Presumably they'll also be able to make educated choices regarding enabling 
> or disabling SIP.
> 
> R.
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