Control: tags -1 -pending
I am still unsure about this approach, and have decided to revert the
change in git to have more time to consider it while still being able
to upload newer versions from git. This was the change I removed:
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 05:22:15PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Helmut Grohne:
>
> > In this context allowing user processes to not be killed merely by
> > changing their name could cause data loss during shutdown by
> > blocking umount.
>
> Does that actually work? If so, it's a funcitonali
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 09:18:19AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Hmm. Maybe you can hold this patch off for a little longer?
Discussion on oss-sec is inconclusive. Specifically there is no strong
opinion that the approach is considered to be a vulnerability or
weakness. Please move forward with yo
I am not convinced this is something we should implement in
init.d/sendsigs. If we are going to implement this systemd
compatibility, it might be better to implement it as a option for
killall5, instead of faking omitpid values. Anyone willing to write
such implementation? killall5 already know
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:28:52AM +, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the review!
Hmm. Maybe you can hold this patch off for a little longer?
Pulling in oss-sec, because I am no longer sure that the remedy
addresses all relevant aspects. Summary of previous discussion follows
fo
Control: tags -1 pending
On 13 February 2014 21:18, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 initscripts: Skip killing root-owned process starting
> with @
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 08:58:33PM +, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
>> How about limiting it to processes running as root?
>>
>> E.g.
Control: retitle -1 initscripts: Skip killing root-owned process starting with @
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 08:58:33PM +, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> How about limiting it to processes running as root?
>
> E.g. pgrep -u root -f "^@" ?
>
> That way there is no loop-hole opened, since those proc
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