Re: Non-root kernel compiling--Continue...

[Rogerio Brito <rbrito@iname.com>]

On Dec 05 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
> just to toss my personal preference in...  i created a dedicated
> user account for building things like kernels and locally installed
> software

	I did something similar to this, but not only to build things.
	I use a dummy user for evaluating programs that I don't know
	very much about (and which obviously are not setuid anybody
	else) -- so that if the program sends something back to
	whoever wrote it (e.g., like it is rumoured about Real
	Player), it doesn't grab *my* sensitive data.

	I do this until I feel comfortable with the software to use
	under my own account.


	[]s, Roger...

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