I still have problems with that. What you describe is the eventual scenario, correct? But right now it lacks functionality, because not every packages uses it. So maybe we should add a new rule in our policy.
Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Projekt-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Fax: (+49) 2405/4670-10 >-----Original Message----- >From: Andreas Jellinghaus [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 6:24 PM >To: Michael Meskes >Subject: Re: Use of suidmanager > >On Jun 24, Michael Meskes wrote >> But only the ones that are really installed suid. If I make a program >> suid that's not in suid.conf I can add this one by hand to the config >> file. But all the files installed suid by default should be in >> /etc/suid.conf. checksecurity (or another script) could them check >> for consistency. > >no. all programs must be in suid.conf, so local permissions setup will >work on these. if programs are listed in /etc/suid.conf, the suidmanager >will take care and give the program the suid flag again. othervice, >after every update the suid flag will be lost, and you will have to add >it by hand. maybe we could change the algorithm, but thats how it works >now. (IIRC :-) > >regards, andreas > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
