From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [130.89.2.8] (helo=smtp.utwente.nl) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JPH6r-0006Jt-Fi for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:53:09 +0100 Received: from Powerbook-2.local (vpn006035.vpn.utwente.nl [130.89.6.35]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m1DCrJnr021297 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:53:20 +0100 Message-ID: <47B2E83E.9090209@student.utwente.nl> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:53:18 +0100 From: Koen Kooi User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions References: <200802131340.02616.mickey@vanille-media.de> In-Reply-To: <200802131340.02616.mickey@vanille-media.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact servicedesk@icts.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: k.kooi@student.utwente.nl X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: tinylogin vs. busybox X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:53:09 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer schreef: | I just realized that we are still using tinylogin which has bugs and is dead. | Newer busybox releases contain all the functionality. Anyone know a | compelling reason to keep using tinylogin as the default in task-base? If | not, I'd like to switch to busybox (after changing its defconfig) soon. Using busybox as login requires it being setuid root, with all the nasty security implications stemming from that. I don't think OE should force people to only have one user ('root') on their systems, since that is exactly what your proposed change would mean. However, I have no objection to enabling login functionality in busybox. So: * keep tinylogin * don't make busybox setuid root * update defconfig regards, Koen - -- koen@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl will go go away in december 2007, please use k.kooi@student.utwente.nl instead. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHsug+MkyGM64RGpERAihfAKCn2Vlva94cL6G/+eYLezttWkhADwCfYtgC s8GPomq+b0MqLThl2ZVjxUQ= =t8V1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----