Re: Design principles and ethics

[Bas Wijnen]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 07:18:38PM +0200, Tom Bachmann wrote:
> Bas Wijnen wrote:
> > In the current hurd, for setuid applications, the filesystem is the
> > parent, not the process that triggers the startup.  The filesystem is
> > perhaps not an ideal choice for a parent, but it must be a party which
> > holds the capabilities that this particular "setuid" application uses.
> > And that's not the process triggering the startup, otherwise it wouldn't
> > need to be setuid.
> 
> I do not think it should be setuid (and i have explained why in another
> mail).

I agree, but Shapiro obviously assumed this.  I wasn't replying to "what about
/bin/passwd?", but to "what about setuid programs?", which seemed to be what
he meant.

> > It is attached as a xfig file.
> 
> I did not get an attatchment except for signature.asc and Part\ 1.2.

Sorry, I forgot to attach it.  It's attached now.

Thanks,
Bas

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space-banks.fig
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signature.asc
Description: Digital signature