Changeset a7fa075 for BOOK/bootable


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Timestamp:
Oct 11, 2006, 9:00:26 PM (18 years ago)
Author:
Chris Staub <chris@…>
Branches:
clfs-1.2, clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit
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  • BOOK/bootable/x86/kernel.xml

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    119119    directory are not owned by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.
    120120    Whenever a package is unpacked as user <systemitem
    121     class="username">root</systemitem> (like we did
    122     inside chroot), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever
     121    class="username">root</systemitem> (like we do inside the final-system
     122    build environment), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever
    123123    they were on the packager's computer. This is usually not a problem
    124124    for any other package to be installed because the source tree is
    125125    removed after the installation. However, the Linux source tree is
    126     often retained for a long time.  Because of this, there is a chance
     126    often retained for a long time. Because of this, there is a chance
    127127    that whatever user ID the packager used will be assigned to somebody
    128128    on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel
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