On 12 Mar 2004 at 9:12, Tor Slettnes wrote about
"Re: [Exim] Odd error":
| On Mar 10, 2004, at 02:02, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
| > wasn't there a stupid process in linux that would un-setuid files
| > that were not in a preset list?
|
| The statement is slightly inaccurate,
Right, Andreas already posted the correction: "Linux" should be "some
Linux distros".
| but in _Debian_ GNU/Linux (and GNU/Hurd)
| there is a "statoverride" database. This is to address the
| following issue:
|...
| Or to ask a different way, given that you think this method is
| "stupid", what would you propose?
You are putting words in Giuliano's mouth. He was describing daemons
like Mandrake's msec, not like Debian's statoverride.
msec is obviously a trap for the unwary, whether that qualifies it as
"stupid" is another question...
- Fred
