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Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature


From: Giuseppe Scrivano
Subject: Re: [PATCH] chroot specify user/group feature
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:04:50 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux)

Hi Eric,

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Would it be worth starting to patch the testsuite to replace 'setuidgid -g
> list usr cmd arg' with 'chroot --user usr --groups=list / cmd arg' in
> order to give this feature more exposure and reduce our dependence on
> uninstalled apps?

IMHO, since chroot now allows to specify users and groups by their names
too, maybe it worths to move these functionalities in a gnulib module
and share them with setuidgid.  What all of you think?

Giuseppe




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