Re: R: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

Stefan Richter
2006-09-15T07:30:06Z

David Wagner wrote:
> Keep in mind that there are good reasons to extract the Linux tarball
> as root. There is a long-standing tradition of storing the kernel
> source under /usr/src, and usually /usr/src is writeable only by root.

This no "good reason" to extract the tarball as root.

(Anyway, the discussion about running tar as root is besides the point.)
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Stefan Richter
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