From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?q?Amadeusz_=C5=BBo=C5=82nowski?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dracut: create ldconfig aux cache directory on the initrd Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:55:16 +0100 Message-ID: <1291722519-sup-5302@ittemni> References: <1291686260-32371-1-git-send-email-christian.ch.heinz@gmail.com> <1291715126-sup-971@ittemni> <20101207111133.GA32623@neptun> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha256"; boundary="=-1291722916-184981-23315-2263-1-="; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-reply-to: <20101207111133.GA32623@neptun> Sender: initramfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: To: initramfs --=-1291722916-184981-23315-2263-1-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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-roo= t > > 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 V= M > and everything builds/runs just fine without root permissions. Are ther= e > 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, -- = Amadeusz =C5=BBo=C5=82nowski PGP key fpr: C700 CEDE 0C18 212E 49DA 4653 F013 4531 E1DB FAB5 --=-1291722916-184981-23315-2263-1-= Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJM/iCkAAoJEPATRTHh2/q1ItUH/iRY/XOLxZRBk8ByaZh1EqBI IXstzvOZQ2U4jB6P2BQUXPVTsgtcyhM34XZ8J0JAhyr5TJfqZiIic50SJFa0SQ+K AHexR9BEmnyjgdd9yYfCyZZYfvac3ZrhsU2XtK+tBdYsPzx20urHCfVDYARZ1oLa 17S7NNeRWIwyHmCjfiR5ftzf9vK5axkyVIknHhVpDk0AwPYVfvcn/5Puf2VRCNQn +iv7YymCKUSu/EUh9ksQWQ2aah4JzNh5awKd6tn1PqiIshKoFliq3pwZWRD8QvMz tJuhhf7SQMMToutgfj3ipwqVkKkmx+h7mhr3nG1ekiuzc/zeiDsHaq5dIf/MiTA= =hCDA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1291722916-184981-23315-2263-1-=--