Re: 'dpkg' and setuid
On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Brian C. White wrote:
> Wait!
>
> Dpkg is useful as a non-root tool! I use it all the time with "--status"
> and "--listfiles". Restricting it to a specific group of people would
> be detrimental, IMO.
Yes, I agree 100%.
but this thread wasn't about making dpkg setuid root.
the thread was about a proposed Tk version of dselect. I responded with a
few ideas & suggestions, including a one paragraph note about the need to
think carefully about whether this proposed tkdselect should be suid
root...if so, it should be executable only by those in a special group.
I use dpkg as non-root at least once every day...as you say, 'dpkg -l' and
'dpkg -s' are very useful tools.
Craig
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