Bug#308833: dhcp3-client: Please do not run dhclient as root

2005-05-12 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:05:33PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Package: dhcp3-client > Severity: wishlist > Tags: security patch > > Hi! > > dhclient currently runs as root, which is much more than necessary. > Similarly to the derooting of dhcpd (I filed a separate bug about > this) I minimized

Bug#308833: dhcp3-client: Please do not run dhclient as root

2005-05-12 Thread Martin Pitt
Package: dhcp3-client Severity: wishlist Tags: security patch Hi! dhclient currently runs as root, which is much more than necessary. Similarly to the derooting of dhcpd (I filed a separate bug about this) I minimized the privileges of dhclient. Here is the patch (which requires that the server d