[oe] [PATCH] Fix busybox SUID support
Mike Westerhof
mike at mwester.net
Fri Feb 26 15:43:46 UTC 2010
Tom Rini wrote:
> I was about to just push this and I noticed that a number of
> distributions (SlugOS, Angstrom, Kaelios, micro) currently set
> FEATURE_SUID=y, but it's not actually install SUID. And since I recall
> some way-back-when's of "busybox SUID is dangerous / crap!", I thought
> it best to post the patch first and let folks speak up / ask me to drop
> FEATURE_SUID=y when I do this. So, here's the patch:
In the case of SlugOS, this was deliberate -- the thinking was that we
would let the user decide if they wanted to run busybox SUID after
installation. In retrospect, that actually led to more problems than
good, so this change gets an ACK from me (albeit late - sorry for the
delay!)
+1
-Mike
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