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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [RFC][PATCH] scripts with stdin replaced
From:       Mitchell Blank Jr <mitch () execpc ! com>
Date:       1999-07-11 16:47:23
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Richard Guenther wrote:
> Patching binfmt_script did not work, as /proc is not mounted
> at early boot, so every script failed (tested it) and I dont
> know where and if to add magic checks to binfmt_script to check
> for "early boot stage". Btw. one really wants to carefully choose
> which interpreters are allowed to be called with suid-scripts.
> I personally wont let bash do it.
> 
> Comments? Richard.

It'd be much better to make the path for "/dev/fd" a sysctl.  Until it
is set, run as usual.  Then binfmt_script would work... you'd just
have your boot scripts do:

  mount /proc
  echo "/dev/fd" > /proc/sys/kernel/dev_fd_path

...or something like that.

-Mitch

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