Re: [PATCH 1/2] dracut: create ldconfig aux cache directory on the initrd

["Amadeusz Żołnowski" <aidecoe-2qtfh70TtYba5EbDDlwbIw@public.gmane.org>]

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Excerpts from Christian Heinz's message of Tue Dec 07 12:11:33 +0100 2010:
> > What is the benefit of "falling partially" over "falling completely".
> > I'm wondering if there shouldn't be check if dracut is run by non-root
> > and then exit immediately.  Normal user cannot read some files (e.g.
> > /bin/mount), so what's the point?
> 
> Not having read permission for /bin/mount as normal user looks weird to
> me. I use dracut on Arch Linux, though I also just tested on a Fedora VM
> and everything builds/runs just fine without root permissions. Are there
> any compelling reasons to restrict image generation to root only? Am
> I missing something fundamental?

If it builds just fine with your patch, that's cool.  Maybe it's a good
starting point to consider permissions policy in Gentoo. :-)


Cheers,
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Amadeusz Żołnowski

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