* Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
@ 2013-07-30 12:42 99% ` Alan McKinnon
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From: Alan McKinnon @ 2013-07-30 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 30/07/2013 12:36, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-07-30 4:11 AM, Randolph Maaßen <r.maassen60@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It needs a couple of kernel modules to work, but emerge will promt to
>> you what it needs.
>
> Side question...
>
> I want to run the vmware tools on my gentoo VM (so the host can safely
> power it down), but it also requires modules.
>
> For security reasons I have never enabled modules on my servers, but...
>
> Is there a way to do this securely, so that *only* the necessary modules
> could ever be loaded?
No.
The best you can do is to is to limit the modules you have to those you
want to use.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
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