Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:37:24 +0600 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.d and environment variables Message-ID: <20101224093724.GC23384@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <4D14555B.3000909@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <20101223172752.GA8539@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20101223201249.ea7648aa.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101223191443.GA24653@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20101224031352.GB16472@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20101224042542.3e21a6df.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101224035041.GF16472@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4D14233F.4070107@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20101224080354.GA21712@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4D14555B.3000909@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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Da Rock wrote: > > > > > >>Doesn't the rc.d script run as root initially and then a method (default > >>flags, etc) is used to change the owner to a nobody (restricted > >>privilege user)? Just my 2c, but please correct me if I'm wrong. > >> > > > >That is probably correct, rc.subr does "su -m $user", but the login > >class is not applied there, nor is the users's shell called. > > > > > Exactly. Which means that you'd have to adapt root's env because root's > shell would be called(?). In this case, how do I limit the variables's visibility only to the particular daemon (svnserve) or particular user (svn)? > > PITA, but as an alternative couldn't all the keytabs be stored in the > same _secure_ location? Then a global env could be used. I really don't know what the security implications will be if /etc/krb5.keytab is readable by anyone besides the root user? Do you have a clue about it? There are other services' keys stored there besides svn (host/*, cvs/* etc). -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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