Re: Standardizing various games packaging things across distros
Hi,
On 05/05/2011 11:20 AM, Vitaly Magerya wrote:
Jon Dowland wrote:
I'd like to hear from some other distros to see who else does what before
considering such a move.
FWIW, the common practice on FreeBSD is to place game binaries into
/usr/local/bin, static game data into /usr/local/share/<gamename>, and
variable game data into /var/games/<gamename>. There are some
exceptions, but this is how most ports work.
Interesting if you s@/usr/local@/usr@ FreeBSD is doing the exact
same thing as Fedora.
As for /var data permissions, setgid binaries with group "games" are
common (/var/games is owned by root:games); I don't think there's any
effort to improve security above whatever the upstream offers.
Yes, in practice the discussed attack vector does not seem something
which often gets used / security bugs get filed for (*). Still I think
it would be good to agree on a way to best harden setgid games games,
esp. for the mentioned wiki page with advises for upstreams for games.
*) Likely because there is lower hanging fruit for blackhats to abuse.
Regards,
Hans
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