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Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS |
Date: |
Sat, 26 May 2001 03:07:20 -0400 (EDT) |
Greg A. Woods writes:
>
> So, if you don't have root access then how the heck do you propose to
> implement CVS Pserver?!?!?!? (Hint: you cannot.)
Of course you can. All you need to do is run a private copy of inetd
(or whatever replacement you like) as a non-root user, have it run CVS
as the same non-root user, and use CVSROOT/passwd to map all valid CVS
users to that same non-root system user. QED.
-Larry Jones
What a stupid world. -- Calvin
- Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Ralph Mack, 2001/05/25
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Larry Jones, 2001/05/25
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2001/05/25
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Mark, 2001/05/25
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2001/05/25
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS,
Larry Jones <=
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2001/05/26
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Derek R. Price, 2001/05/29
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2001/05/30
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Greg A. Woods, 2001/05/25
- Re: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Derek R. Price, 2001/05/29
- RE: Linux security issues as they pertain to CVS, Ralph Mack, 2001/05/26