[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#4051: access permissions for /usr/bin/fdmount



Daniel Quinlan writes:
> Use geteuid(2) and/or use a configuration file that says who has
> access.  Using permissions alone to dictate who has access to
> *running* the binary is bad, IMHO, and I think the Debian package
> guidelines agree (unless they've been changed).  Even worse, it's a
> `4750' binary in /bin -- so users are getting "permission denied"
> errors for something in their path.

Okay, I changed that. I will upload a new version once I'm back in the
office (Wednesday).

Michael

-- 
Michael Meskes                   |    _____ ________ __  ____
meskes@informatik.rwth-aachen.de |   / ___// ____/ // / / __ \___  __________
meskes@sanet.de                  |   \__ \/ /_  / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/
meskes@debian.org                |  ___/ / __/ /__  __/\__, /  __/ /  (__  )
Use Debian Linux!                | /____/_/      /_/  /____/\___/_/  /____/



Reply to: