Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)

Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09T23:02:32Z

Matthew Kirkwood <matthew@hairy.beasts.org>:
> > The underlying problem is that dmidecode needs access to kmem, and I
> > can't assume that the person running my configurator will be root.
>
> But you can "su -c" (also sudo, I suppose). If that person
> doesn't have root, then building a kernel isn't going to do
> them much good.

We've been over this already. No, the configurator user should *not* have
to su at any point before actual kernel installation. Bad practice,
no doughnut.
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Eric S. Raymond

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