From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: make install: some SUID-root programs?
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 17:48:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120605154801.GB3882@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <318289300.205241.1338909469539.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1und1.de>
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 05:17:49PM +0200, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Today, only write and wall seem to get SUID/SGID privileges during
> "make install". What about others?
mount, umount
> E.g. login and su would deserve
- for login(1) is it unnecessary, it's executed by getty ant it runs
with root perms.
- for su(1) is it necessary, fixed. Thanks ;-)
> to be `chmod u+s`-ed, right?
> Or is this a task of the distributions?
It's definitely better if distributions somehow control all the stuff
from upstreams -- blindly use result from "make install" is a bad idea.
For example in rpm is special %files section for this purpose.
Trust, but verify :-)
Karel
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2012-06-05 15:17 make install: some SUID-root programs? Bernhard Voelker
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