On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 10:26:50PM +0200, Nicolas Pouillard 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > > You can use a custom restricted shell for these users. You could only
> > > allow to call "darcs apply".
> > 
> > And then they commit a patch that contains a fork bomb with a 'darcs apply 
> > --
> > post-hook ./forkbomb --run-posthook' and you're still fried. 
> 
> Of course you have to carefully check the flags that are given to darcs apply.

I think the problem is that you can push a setpref patch, then a simple
'darcs apply' will fire you as well.

That's why - because of the security problem, by design - for example
git does not allow you to push such 'setpref' patches at all.

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