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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Permissions and security levels
From:       Marcus Meissner <meissner () suse ! de>
Date:       2007-04-28 11:16:22
Message-ID: 20070428111622.GB4606 () suse ! de
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On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 08:43:36PM +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> SuSEconfig supports 3 different security levels for file permissions -
> easy, secure, paranoid. Default is easy. Is this still appropriate?
> 
> The higher the security level, the more things stop working. I have
> considered "secure" a good choice for many years, and haven't seen any
> loss of functionality personally. However, suseupdater fails at
> "secure", displaying a yellow triangle with a bubble help of subprogram
> failed and mentioning suid.
> 
> Is this advanced voodoo for experienced Susers only, does this want
> some adjustment, or a better explanation for less experienced users?

The opensuseupdater should perhaps just not start when "secure" is
selected.

Ciao, Marcus
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