On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 02:17:14PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 18 March 2011 13:46, David Sastre wrote: > > All [[, have been changed to a portable [ test. > > I've changed `test -a' for a portable `test -e', and the -a operator > > in the user's home ownership test to a chained test: > > > > elif [ ! -O "${HOME}" ] && [ "${HOME#/home/}" != "${HOME}" ]; then ... > > Even though that home ownership test was partly my idea, I think it > should simply be dropped, because it doesn't actually address the > security issue it was supposed to address and the warning is likely to > cause unnecessary alarm to users with unusual yet legitimate setups.
IIRC, the point was that some apps expect $HOME to be owned by the user in order to operate correctly. -- Huella de clave primaria: 0FDA C36F F110 54F4 D42B D0EB 617D 396C 448B 31EB
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