From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750989AbWD3GsP (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:48:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750991AbWD3GsP (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:48:15 -0400 Received: from bigben2.bytemark.co.uk ([80.68.81.132]:42983 "EHLO bigben2.bytemark.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750989AbWD3GsO (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:48:14 -0400 Subject: Re: World writable tarballs From: Matthew Reppert To: Joshua Hudson In-Reply-To: References: <1146356286.10953.7.camel@hammer> <200604300148.12462.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Yomerashi Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:47:55 -0400 Message-Id: <1146379675.8217.2.camel@minerva> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 21:59 -0700, Joshua Hudson wrote: > > This REALLY needs fixing. If it weren't so late right now I might have written > a filter that takes a tarball and sanitizes the permissions. I've got > good reasons > for compiling the kernel as root (when in the make, install, reboot, test loop > it's quite a timesaver). Isn't it just an extra ten seconds to type the 'sudo' in front of 'make modules_install' and enter your password? I guess I totally don't get it. Matt