Re: Secure Linux From Scratch

Joel Miller <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.security
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:14:37 -0500, Archaic <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:20:22PM -0500, ashes wrote:
>
>> In this case a package-builder, I'll name Bin, would own /usr/local,
>> _maybe_ even /usr/bin. So now Bin wouldn't need sudo make install to
>> upgrade non vital components, and user Bin wouldn't be able to install
>> an suid program without us knowing in advance. This also teaches the
>> admin to use root less and less.
>
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ \
> hints/downloads/files/more_control_and_pkg_man.txt
>

I would just like to point out that I am a great fan of this hint from a 
security standpoint and a package management standpoint. The hint is still 
good and only minor deviation from it is needed for 5.0.

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