On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 02:08:07PM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > >The pfexecd is started at boot through SMF as "svc:/system/pfexecd". > > I'm assuming here that pfexecd is running as root with all privileges ? > Or is it able to run with a reduced set (for example pfexecd shouldn't I > think need most of the current basic privs or file_write from the new > set in PSARC/2009/378). Though it feels to me like it should be running > with all privs because other wise a lower privileged process is acting > as an authority to hand out privs it doesn't actually have.
What's wrong with pfexecd dropping privs after registering its door with the kernel? Nico --
