Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 11:01:31 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: davidg@root.com Cc: ache@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ld.so, LD_NOSTD_PATH, and suid/sgid programs Message-ID: <199510241801.LAA13749@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199510240516.WAA00371@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Oct 23, 95 10:16:08 pm
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> >>I don't think you're 'script' is at all convincing, at least not to me. > >>In any case it appears the consensus is to remove this feature from use, > >>which I also agree would be a good thing. > > > >I vote for complete removing LD_NOSTD_PATH too. > > Well then, we are in complete unanimous agreement on this issue. John P. > has already indicated that he'll be removing it from ld.so. Why? This has no effect. It is ignored by startup because the loader does not respect it: the cache path is still checked. A complete fix on the order of the SunOS security update would require that the image contain the link time library path. As it currently sits, it's not harmful, and it represents a direction that is desirable. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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