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Re: exec and EXECSERVERS
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG |
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Re: exec and EXECSERVERS |
Date: |
20 Dec 2002 16:20:26 -0800 |
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Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> writes:
> > I thought there was some special Linux widget in the dynamic loader
> > that we don't support. Maybe that's just long gone.
>
> You are thinking of ld.so.cache.
Yes, that's right.
> > Anyhow, the point is a good one with respect to environment variables,
> > and perhaps we should enable EXECSERVERS with the suggested tweak,
> > that it is off for secure exec and for euid!=ruid.
>
> EXECSERVERS has to be excised from the environment, not just ignored.
>
Why is that? If it's programs that call setuid(getuid()) that have
this responsibility (as the original poster suggested), then this is
just fine. On the other hand, my vote is that it's the setuid program
itself that always has the responsibility.
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, (continued)
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/19
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Paul Jarc, 2002/12/19
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/19
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Paul Jarc, 2002/12/19
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Paul Jarc, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Roland McGrath, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Roland McGrath, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS,
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <=
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Roland McGrath, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Roland McGrath, 2002/12/20
- Re: exec and EXECSERVERS, Paul Jarc, 2002/12/20