From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Feb 15 8: 0:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.8.210.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A956F37B417; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:00:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1FFxkZ54210; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:59:46 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alane) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:59:46 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge To: Ken Stailey Cc: klh@panix.com, petef@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: complete pkg-descr files for klh-10 and its Message-ID: <20020215155946.GA54173@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <3C6D2443.2070201@surfbest.net> <20020215152218.GA53862@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <3C6D2E51.8090403@surfbest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C6D2E51.8090403@surfbest.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-message-flag: Magic 8-Ball says "Outlook not so good." I'll ask it about Exchange next. Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:50:41AM -0500, Ken Stailey wrote: >Alan Eldridge wrote: >> >>In my mind, anything under /usr is out. Could be read only, could be NFS >>mounted. >> >Could the $KLH_HOME be made a configurable option? It could default to >/usr/local/games/klh-kn-its. I recommend against a default under /usr in general, but, if pressed, it could go under /usr/local/share/its. I copied portmgr@ in order to get suggestions for this. >> >>If it isn't a per user install, then locking needs to be in place to make >>sure no more than one copy of klh10 is running. I don't think there's a way around this. It can be invoked with the lockf(1) command to make this easy. A wrapper script would be needed to do this. >Note !!! warnings at klh-10 install time. > >hermes# make install >===> Installing for klh10-2.0a >Copying binaries into /usr/local/libexec/klh10-ks-its >Done! >===> Generating temporary packing list >!!! klh-10 accepts network connections. >!!! Consider using a firewall to limit access to klh-10. >!!! See the /usr/local/share/doc/klh10-ks-its/pubits/adm for firewall >documentation. >===> Registering installation for klh10-2.0a >===> SECURITY NOTE: > This port has installed the following binaries which execute with > increased privileges. >722568 44 -rwsr-xr-x 1 root wheel 22428 >Feb 15 08:17 /usr/local/libexec/klh10-ks-its/dpimp > > If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a security > risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of > ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall' > to deinstall the port if this is a concern. >hermes# Good. Do these messages happen if installed from a package? And speaking of packages, its needs to be marked NO_CDROM. It's just too big. -- Alan Eldridge "Dave's not here, man." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message