From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 494B2138350 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FA96E0974; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:33:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-io1-xd31.google.com (mail-io1-xd31.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d31]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F4F7E09C7 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-io1-xd31.google.com with SMTP id x1so31388650iop.7 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:33:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gentoo-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=WFoNRxhggpmFK+yOG38Wx++iG1LJSH6OrJDbMphxg4E=; b=FTqTnJwqCTs603vIoXiPaWsT2Is5w53pjiENY3M58RH6Kf5poj/Utxc1KPbR6qdpMs SmOF/qMXayrX0j9GUaSC+r3N9Z7xGwTbVJ37TafZI59urAmUn+mFkSekaWXGkJsMrJE5 sQx8NpKS5+bFVE+yKPzhJteBQmYDWbLrvHO6/4LtoEWgyYWRG5kJPr/zoNWr8fZAWII7 dzT03FcrSFWjaQIT8QErpAweoWOYA6zKMdKDvDwRjDi4QRVWHt5df2OG//pUcIU4KjtF qaxpmMDtOb0XTcy2RVndqIQC0qPRzSTCF24ZkSUYFcV4mE7qwDPRJJ1W9IWi6gyxYq1D NvyQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=WFoNRxhggpmFK+yOG38Wx++iG1LJSH6OrJDbMphxg4E=; b=UTdAXdjuIaeQElJC4ZaRo09gZpv77lxcwgZmo17KLRe+ILifZCyhu4dSEBkBwv2EE+ sed0CnQzsJfa7fstr0zC0lHg3Il0HGuoG9kfa4iiX0xKk6YnglzrBphQs8WrWarM424D J7zMky2kH6rvCNOEkDarHHQDarxIHR4lvNKSjMS+/kclDVXzBa0OcLmrf0toO//Fy5FC 8HTbEOjh3CJqiF723vxIiydihdqAC31q1z7woMCqSCK4O0U4IJ+KsBpYlvY5ByW8PXQQ pG+yH7CHVRX4iqYNhhWoc2CMih9KMshyUlWWqtQP1GfrMGiWzNvY9x3MbsYv+6Bx5TEa w4aA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVSKxa6gAUk5HHebT6QKVuUh1+L4/wENsWBFdef9XSHaajOKnfd DfDUxeC2NHvwtnPpKMoSVoM6P7ycwUVQRhG6F/h9wOok65UFjA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxkw4lsBstY9qQ7BEsn5xOlbZSLfGsC+zAdsH4VA71fESZ1/j1Gd760zg0HLuMvKBXVay0Ub7v/KBb+YM0xkNQ= X-Received: by 2002:a02:7016:: with SMTP id f22mr39940102jac.89.1579462383444; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:33:03 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <825bd707-faa2-f956-edbb-a11a8d82296b@gentoo.org> <4be11dba-2e22-b035-2c93-41bfaa4559c4@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <4be11dba-2e22-b035-2c93-41bfaa4559c4@gentoo.org> From: Alec Warner Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:32:52 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP81 and /home To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004d3972059c833ebd" X-Archives-Salt: 3743d3ba-d798-4939-bc88-751d4271aeeb X-Archives-Hash: 6eaec9ba7a82f38c2dd92ae0ad54bacb --0000000000004d3972059c833ebd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 11:28 AM Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 1/19/20 2:19 PM, Alec Warner wrote: > > > > All I want to do is *set* a user's home directory to /home/foo. > > > > Why wouldn't you set the homedirectory to /dev/null then? > > > > Because /dev/null is not /home/foo? Is this a trick question? =) > > Ahh quoting, I'll try with more context ;) Earlier you wrote: ---- * The daemon DOES NOT need a home directory for its user. * I DO NOT want to install anything to anyone's home directory. * With respect to user.eclass, I'm proposing that /home be treated EXACTLY THE SAME as it always has been. --- So my question is "why not leave the homedir unset, or set it to /dev/null?" The claim is that the daemon doesn't need a home directory, so why are we trying to make one? -A --0000000000004d3972059c833ebd Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 11:28 AM Mich= ael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> w= rote:
On 1/19/20= 2:19 PM, Alec Warner wrote:
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>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0All I want to do is *set* a user's home directo= ry to /home/foo.
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> Why wouldn't you set the homedirectory to /dev/null then?
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Because /dev/null is not /home/foo? Is this a trick question? =3D)

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=C2=A0Ahh quoting, I'll try with= more context ;)

Earlier you wrote:
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=C2=A0* The daemon DOES NOT need a home directory for its user.<= br>=C2=A0 * I DO NOT want to install anything to anyone's home director= y.
=C2=A0 * With respect to user.eclass, I'm proposing that /home be= treated
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 EXACTLY THE SAME as it always has been.
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---

So my question is "why not leave the= homedir unset, or set it to /dev/null?"
The claim is that t= he daemon doesn't need a home directory, so why are we trying to make o= ne?

-A
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