From: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>
To: Cody Maloney <cmaloney@theoreticalchaos.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] chsh: Add libuser support
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:01:30 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1221077942.16839972.1359410490623.JavaMail.root@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+K3q6qDgdrXxbesZ-373xMYgA=oyjMnaejJWNtBaYj8HfR04w@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,
----- Original Message -----
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>
> wrote:
> > (On second thought, if the program is setuid, the setuid execution
> > mechanism doesn't change supplementary groups, so perhaps the call
> > isn't strictly necessary; Still, initializing the groups makes the
> > environment more deterministic. And as long as initgroups() is
> > called, it should be called in a way that works.)
>
> I'm fine with/would prefer dropping the initgroups entirely (That the
> initgroups man page, at least on my system, specifically talks about
> reading them from /etc/group, never mentioning nss worries me). If
> that's okay with you, otherwise I can move it to the beginning of
> dropping privileges.
Sorry about the late reply; after discussing it with colleagues, it seems that dropping the initgroups() is completely safe here.
Mirek
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-28 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-13 9:12 [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for using libuser to chsh and chfn Cody Maloney
2013-01-03 3:21 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add support for using libuser to chsh Cody Maloney
2013-01-03 3:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] chsh-chfn: Add flag for enabling/disabling libuser support Cody Maloney
2013-01-03 3:22 ` [PATCH 2/3] chsh: Move pam auth to its own function Cody Maloney
2013-01-03 3:22 ` [PATCH 3/3] chsh: Add libuser support Cody Maloney
2013-01-03 16:34 ` Miloslav Trmac
2013-01-07 11:51 ` Karel Zak
2013-01-08 6:15 ` Cody Maloney
2013-01-08 6:17 ` Cody Maloney
2013-01-08 6:18 ` Cody Maloney
2013-01-13 9:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] chsh: Move pam auth to its own function Cody Maloney
2013-01-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] chsh-chfn: Add flag for enabling/disabling libuser support Cody Maloney
2013-01-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] chsh-chfn: Move pam auth to its own function, factoring out common code Cody Maloney
2013-01-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] chsh: Add libuser support Cody Maloney
2013-01-14 18:16 ` Miloslav Trmac
2013-01-17 0:52 ` Cody Maloney
2013-01-28 22:01 ` Miloslav Trmac [this message]
2013-01-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] chfn: " Cody Maloney
[not found] ` <50F2FBBE.7000305@gmail.com>
2013-01-13 19:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for using libuser to chsh and chfn Cody Maloney
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