Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:48:10 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUID/SGID installations in make world Message-ID: <199903251448.OAA04074@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:41:03 %2B0200." <19990325154103.B84208@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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> On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 03:09:02PM +0200, 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 ? > > > > Hi Brian, > > > > 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. > > > > Ciao, > > Sheldon. > > Moreover, I would like the opposite. > Currently, includes are installed with "-C". What for?! > > If they were installed with "-c", it would be easy > to determine what includes can be removed. > > To work around this I often rename /usr/includes to > /usr/includes.old before installing the world. And don't forget /usr/libexec/libdata and /usr/share :-) > Later, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the > ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank > +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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