From owner-cvs-all Fri Jan 24 1: 6:20 2003 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC7CF37B401; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 01:06:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA1443ED8; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 01:06:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@freebsd.org) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0O94rAX008824; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:04:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@freebsd.org) To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib malloc.c From: phk@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Jan 2003 04:49:46 +0200." <20030124024946.GB9500@gothmog.gr> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:04:53 +0100 Message-ID: <8823.1043399093@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20030124024946.GB9500@gothmog.gr>, Giorgos Keramidas writes: >On 2003-01-23 13:26, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> For "sensitive" processes, we always set the 'A' flag which causes >> abort() to be called on first sight of trouble. >> >> "sensitive" is somewhat arbitrarily defined as "setuid, setgid, uid >> == root or gid == wheel". >> >> The 'A' option carries no performance penalty. >> >> It is not possible to override this setting: fix the program instead. > >That's not always possible, if the program comes in binary-only >executables, but I guess nobody wants to run those binaries as >root or wheel, right? If you are in that kind of situation, you can recompile your own libc. There is always recourse when it's open source, it's only a matter of how easy it is. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message