From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /var/cache/edb
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:31:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_nFdKcfMiLHyPc+_DR-+gmosFVMdCUEqnnssKx_58Vkaw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161214221429.6078.34AFCD6E@matica.foolinux.mooo.com>
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@primate.net> wrote:
>
> The true reason the directory bothers me is its permissions, and those
> of the files inside. They seem to be created as portage:portage, 0660.
> Why is root:root 0640 not good enough for them? Does that mean some
> part of portage runs setuid/setgid to the portage user/group?
>
Yes, this is a security feature (which you can turn off in FEATURES).
It reduces the impact of rogue Makefiles and such.
--
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-14 22:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-14 3:59 [gentoo-user] /var/cache/edb Ian Zimmerman
2016-12-14 4:19 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-12-14 22:25 ` [gentoo-user] /var/cache/edb Ian Zimmerman
2016-12-14 22:31 ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2016-12-14 22:45 ` Mike Gilbert
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