On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 08:53:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 10:48:17PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 07:35:31PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > Your /tmp partition appears to be mounted noexec, which is not supported. > > > If it is not supported, then whis is it recommended in the official > > documentation on securing Debian [0]? Admittedly, alternatives are > > suggested. But if it is problematic and not so useful in the first > > place, it should be recommended *against*. > > My mistake, this is a noexec /var rather than a noexec /tmp. > Regardless, I have myself been bitten by the problem of a noexec /tmp, as in bug #358820. I think that the Securing Debian Manual should be updated to remove that suggestion. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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