On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 21:53 +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 12:48:19PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 21:41 +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > > After a second thought, I do not like your proposal as well. +x is set for > > > shebang scripts, and allowing PROT_EXEC to set VV_TEXT for them means > > > that such scripts are subject for write denial. > > > > You say that like it's a bad thing. I hate it when I accidentally edit > > a script that's running and then the script fails because I did. I > > would be much happier if it acted just like any other executable and > > prevented modification while it's running. > > For me, if other user can block my modifications of my script by the mere > fact that script has o+rx rights, is indeed bad. I do use real machines > sometime.
But you don't feel the same way about a compiled program? I see absolutely no difference between the two, conceptually. To me, changing an application while it's running is bad. It makes no difference what language the application is written in. -- Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
