Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:49:45 +0100 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what userid do you update system sources under? Message-ID: <YVPwaevTQloHSRLH@ceres.zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: <ca8626ff-4df4-1e18-2e22-eba0de22e02e@nomadlogic.org> References: <YVMiaWBxb/dbAPzX@ceres.zyxst.net> <ca8626ff-4df4-1e18-2e22-eba0de22e02e@nomadlogic.org>
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--KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 02:01:32PM -0700, Pete Wright via freebsd-questions= wrote: [snip] Thanks for that, it's a useful approach. The reason I asked was because I was wondering if there was something intrinsically unsafe in using git as the superuser. I mean if a daemon/process makes a socket call outbound, it's usually as the uid/gid of the daemon, the least privileges to get the work done.=20 Maybe my concerns are without foundation in this particular case?=20 or if it was something to be worried about there'd be a warning or=20 some such in the handbook. --=20 J. --KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAmFT8GAACgkQs8o7QhFz NAXPfBAAmYQusKQmNb0V1eKl1U/mSFmMA048y103R9Ylm51Rf3A300pYARfaosID U5Me9x/D/M0rOd5sS4L5Mek3dMgDK/hWIc4729kqHmPK3ZWX0zNpSfxilu1RRvAX TTNnBpRCHCt4gmdLBCZGZ3P0nETWiBUCBLK/CgfXQA0fWIVJVA1pswA1tTLU8/JP iSI0nKaE3WfAgeQNVg9hEdmfjzU9N0Fi0kc4PYVPAbmXOxyRdcgAQm2YfIMh6ULY 8aIODNXChzB6jxkK1V33KBM3pgZ+D4RLsoEi3Uxg/UUod7h5jFe9yUMxcPothZgY 1PoFP+5mfHA07UpXpZlsQhdq5JJ24tG4BCDy13Y8mRMgca6RaxMCF0JFNmsYNgPe xRONI47ecvfnB2j/oQN13EG0LpGP2W6hX3LaenJh00DKpZWJx2gNBh2XAgiSSSca HT1XrktHX6CmkJNVhAbPgNBICNodTfJVYVB1iAGugpPRdnRiXvR2qGH4R2MO+Iw+ 4ohKsCTxfdAl5HIkS/kR23niyz7qYT2JjqKJM+/Fg/pdgHZTYEZpy83Isla1et4j 8Uhn1PowEptHsIjhAYGt4yz5vHGqO4mfQ5IyK1liMMUNuNg0cO1xlZMzgBAI/aUG qSS7smhI1QUDDwIlJbhdq5Pc6algM6z3vg1VtlsZ0Cmq54IyAiY= =Uchz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KcMBUsXsBjJnxZYM--
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