Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ?

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 11:46 on Saturday 11 September 2010, Albert
> Hopkins did opine thusly:
>
>    
>> On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 10:24 +0200, Stéphane Guedon wrote:
>>      
>>> few months ago, I read linux kernel in a nutschell(sic), and the author
>>> wrote we shouldn't do kernel operations (config and build) as root.
>>>        
>> I call bullsh*t.  I've been compiling kernels for 17 years and for the
>> most part have done it as root without any problems.
>>      
> Same here.
>
> The root user (sometimes portage) creates /usr/src/linux-*
>
> Someone tell me again exactly how user alan is supposed to build those
> sources?
>
>    

If they are accessible by a user, couldn't a user then edit or add 
something that would then cause a security problem?  If they can edit 
them and no one know it, then root comes along and builds a shiney new 
kernel with a really nice security hole.

Glad only root can get to the sources.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)