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Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature
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Giuseppe Scrivano |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature |
Date: |
Thu, 28 May 2009 21:02:59 +0200 |
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Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:
> The point is that setuidgid is not installed. It exists only for the
> purposes
> of the testsuite. If it were an installed app, then yes it would make sense
> to
> keep it around, although perhaps rewritten as a wrapper around the new chroot
> functionality. But since setuidgid is not installed, while chroot is, there
> is
> no longer any incentive to even have setuidgid in the first place. By using
> chroot in the first place, the testsuite would be a) adding to the coverage
> of
> chroot features, and b) minimizing reliance on software that gets no testing
> outside of the testsuite, both of which are good moves.
Well, in this case I agree with you. It is better to remove setuidgid
and use the new chroot features. Less code means less problems.
Giuseppe
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2009/05/20
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/25
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/26
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Eric Blake, 2009/05/27
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2009/05/27
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/27
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2009/05/28
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Eric Blake, 2009/05/28
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature,
Giuseppe Scrivano <=
- two new chroot bugs, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/27
- Re: two new chroot bugs, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/27
- Re: two new chroot bugs, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/29
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Pádraig Brady, 2009/05/20
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Jim Meyering, 2009/05/20
- Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2009/05/20