Re: Bug#841113: ITP: extremetools -- tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid

[Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>]

[2016-10-17 20:15] Jan Mojzis <jan.mojzis@gmail.com>
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> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Jan Mojzis <jan.mojzis@gmail.com>
>
> * Package name    : extremetools
>   Version         : 20161017
>   Upstream Author : Jan Mojžíš <jan.mojzis@gmail.com>
> * URL             : https://github.com/janmojzis/extremetools
> * License         : public-domain
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : tools for running processes under extreme uid and gid
>
> Extremetools consists of 2 simple tools extremesetuidgid and extremeenvuidgid.
>  - extremesetuidgid runs program under unique (extreme) uid and gid
>  - extremeenvuidgid runs program with environment variables indicating
>    unique (extreme) uid and gid
>
> This is useful for running processes in the system under unique (extreme) uids/gids.
> So processes can't ptrace each other, can't send signal each other, etc ...

I read manpage on github, but did not understood, what exactly this
program provides.  Can it replace creation system users for dropping
privileges?

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