Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:28:07 +0200 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: R: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable |
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David Wagner wrote: > Keep in mind that there are good reasons to extract the Linux tarball > as root. There is a long-standing tradition of storing the kernel > source under /usr/src, and usually /usr/src is writeable only by root.
This no "good reason" to extract the tarball as root.
(Anyway, the discussion about running tar as root is besides the point.) -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- =--= -==== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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