* Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-23 00:30]: > Would someone please explain to me how this issue is not > already made a mostly non-issue by having a proper umask and > running CPAN as non-root?
Note that while running CPAN as non-root is a good idea because it reduces the surface area of any exploits, it doesn’t make them a non-issue. I would prefer my homedir not to vanish, thank you very much. (Note that I’m not saying that this issue is a bona-fide exploit. I’m just saying that running CPAN as non-root is not a way to close any hole.) Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
