On Sun, 07 Apr 2002, JPS wrote: > `/etc/init.d'. Every once in a while I attempt to execute one of these > scripts while logged in as a non-root user. For example, I might type ...
The problem is, the initscript should actually check if it has the rights it needs, if it is to do what you want... this is not always easy, or possible. Do recall that we will have SE linux in Debian somewhat soon, and checking just for rootness is not enough there. Anyway, it is a good idea to add such a test to the initscript, when it is simple to do so, yes. Maybe we should add a footnote to policy with a strong hint that people do exactly that? And that failure to start the daemon/create the files/cd to a root-only directory/etc should be handled gracefully, probably... -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
