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Date:      Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:26:58 -0600 (CST)
From:      Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SUID/SGID installations in make world 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903250722330.378-100000@nomad.dataplex.net>
In-Reply-To: <34033.922367342@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:12:56 GMT, Brian Somers wrote:
> 
> > Would anyone have any objections to me adding
> > 
> > INSTALL=	install -C
> > 
> > to all Makefiles that install setuid/setgid binaries ?
> 
> This might cut down on the size of the next night's security check mail,
> but it'd really bugger those of us who use the "make world, reinstall
> ports, find -ctime" trick to keep the machine crud-free.

So how about installing the suid's with INSTALLSUID rather than INSTALL ?

Then we can have INSTALLSUID default to INSTALL

And Brian can override it in his site configuration. 



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