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From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
To: Sarah Newman <srn@prgmr.com>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>,
	"Wayne R. Roth" <wayneroth42@gmail.com>,
	util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkswap: Add warnings for insecure device permissions/owners
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:01:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56A25241.8050000@imap.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56A1596C.3060507@prgmr.com>

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Am 21.01.2016 um 23:19 schrieb Sarah Newman:
> This patch does not break any existing behavior. The worst case possibility from accepting this patch is it will annoy some people, and best case it
> will save millions of devices from being shipped with insecure permissions.

The worst case is it will train millions of administrators to ignore
warning messages.

-- 
Tilman Schmidt                              E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc
Bonn, Germany
Nous, on a des fleurs et des bougies pour nous protéger.


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  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-22 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-19 18:37 [PATCH] mkswap: Add warnings for insecure device permissions/owners Wayne R. Roth
2016-01-19 19:44 ` Mike Frysinger
2016-01-20  4:17   ` [PATCH] mkswap: Add warnings for insecure device permissions/owners Logic modified from sys-utils/swapon.c Wayne R. Roth
2016-01-20  4:58     ` Mike Frysinger
2016-01-20  6:09       ` [PATCH] mkswap: add " Wayne R. Roth
2016-01-26 10:35         ` Karel Zak
2016-01-20  9:39   ` [PATCH] mkswap: Add warnings for insecure device permissions/owners Sami Kerola
2016-01-20 10:30 ` Karel Zak
2016-01-21 22:19   ` Sarah Newman
2016-01-22 16:01     ` Tilman Schmidt [this message]
2016-01-22 19:14       ` Sarah Newman
2016-01-22 22:03         ` Sami Kerola
2016-01-23 16:22           ` Karel Zak
2016-01-24 11:09             ` Sami Kerola
2016-01-25 19:55               ` Sami Kerola
2016-01-26 10:42               ` Karel Zak
2016-01-26 16:28                 ` Sarah Newman
2016-01-25 21:39             ` Sarah Newman

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