Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:02:58 -0500 From: Ken Stailey <kstailey@surfbest.net> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: klh@panix.com, FreeBSD ports list <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: klh10 and its port submissions Message-ID: <3C727732.10003@surfbest.net> References: <3C6FC9EF.9040900@surfbest.net> <3C703170.5040502@surfbest.net> <200202180001.g1I01Og20036@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <3C726171.8050603@surfbest.net> <20020219152538.GB17665@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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Alan Eldridge wrote: >On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 09:30:09AM -0500, Ken Stailey wrote: > >>Alan E wrote: >> >>>On Sunday 17 February 2002 17:40, Ken Stailey wrote: >>> >>>>Ports have to do "pkg_delete" and "make uninstall." How can cleanup be >>>>done if the installation allows aribtrary files to be created after >>>>"make install"? We really need to spend time thinking about all the >>>>aspects. >>>> >>>It uninstalls what it installs. It's not responsible for uninstalling >>>something that a *user* installed later. See graphics/mplayer's >>>"install*user" >>>script for a example of this in principle. >>> >>Still does not deal with the administrative nightmare of unprivledged >>users installing an ITS on an arbitrary IP address which they cannot >>firewall. The dpimp setuid could be restricted to group 'network'. >> > >Suggest group "wheel" instead. IE you must be able to su to root (at least >in principle) in order to run it. > But Alan: kstailey@hermes$ ls -l /usr/sbin/ppp -r-sr-xr-- 1 root network 307808 Jan 26 08:14 /usr/sbin/ppp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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