Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 17:52:11 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: julian@whistle.com, sos@freebsd.dk, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUID-Directories patch Message-ID: <199711140152.RAA04996@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199711132340.QAA11433@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Nov 13, 97 04:40:36 pm"
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Nate Williams writes: > > > > I really need it in 2.2 rather than 3.0 so I'd like to merge it in from > > > > -current later thes afternoon if I don't hear any objections. > > > > > > Objection. If you need this for Whistle, you should keep it in your > > > own tree, its does NOT belong in the generic FreeBSD tree. > > > > I asked if people thought it would be useful.. > > I got 20 replies saying that YES it would be useful, > > so I've added it to -current. > > I didnt' see 20 replies. I saw alot of "hmmm..., I can see where you > would want it, but I don't think it's a good idea". I'm still of the > mind (as I replied already) that it *definitely* shouldn't go in 2.2, > and I'm not even sure I like it in 3.0 personally, but since 3.0 is for > experimental stuff, I'm less likely to raise a stink about it. Don't mind Julian, he's just being lazy :-) We have our own "patch" source tree for this kind of stuff. However, it will be interesting to see if over time anyone else finds this useful in similarly restricted settings (SAMBA servers, etc). -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com
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