Bug#140757: debian-policy: init.d script shouldn't be executable by non-root
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> "Handle errors properly" is a policy, which is (probably) a widely
> accepted unwritten rule.
I thought so too, but the gdm maintainer doesn't agree. Check out
"http://bugs.debian.org/139609";. His motivation for this was:
"
As most scripts that I tried in /etc/init.d have rather undefined
behaviour when run as non-root, I've decided to leave it as is, unless
there is a behaviour defined in policy for this case...
"
He suggested I post a policy proposal, so here it is...
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