[talk] talk Digest, Vol 171, Issue 1

[William Brown]

Hi,

Who here is communicating with Pat McEvoy?

Thanks.
William - manager
w: traderbrokerage.com

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 12:00 PM, <talk-request at lists.nycbug.org> wrote:

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>    1. Re: Using separate users for different programs (Pat McEvoy)
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> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 10:29:57 -0400
> From: Pat McEvoy <mcevoy.pat at gmail.com>
> To: Thomas Levine <_ at thomaslevine.com>
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> Subject: Re: [talk] Using separate users for different programs
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> > On Mar 30, 2018, at 4:05 PM, Thomas Levine <_ at thomaslevine.com> wrote:
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> > Thomas Levine writes:
> >> Thomas Levine writes:
> >>> Then I suppose I will write my own.
> >>> Maybe I'll report in a few months if I wind up using it.
> >>> https://thomaslevine.com/scm/subdo
> >>
> >> I surprisingly find myself using it after just a few days. I hav
> >> e
> >> already ported the most worrysome of the softwares that I use of
> >> ten,
> >> and the ports have all been very short.
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> >> I see no future talks scheduled; would anyone like to hear about
> >> this
> >> in April?
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> > Since we still don't have an April meeting, I reiterate my proposal
> > to discuss my privilege separation methodology.
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> Re: meeting:
> I have some streaming stuff I would like to practice with so I am game. If
> we are doing our customary first Wednesday I would need to know by this
> evening so I have all the gear with me tomorrow.  Hope everyone is well.
> P
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> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:37:17 -0400
> From: Matthew Story <matthewstory at gmail.com>
> To: Thomas Levine <_ at thomaslevine.com>
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> Subject: Re: [talk] Using separate users for different programs
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> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 12:18 AM, Thomas Levine <_ at thomaslevine.com>
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> > Then I suppose I will write my own.
> > Maybe I'll report in a few months if I wind up using it.
> > https://thomaslevine.com/scm/subdo
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> Isn't it simpler to just install to a user-specific hier and then use the
> setuid bit on the binary and set the owner to the de-escalated owner?
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> From: Thomas Levine <_ at thomaslevine.com>
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> Perhaps I should note that this would be an awefully short presentation
> that would likely move quickly to discussion; I just presented it at
> LibrePlanet and managed to fill only like one or two of my allotted
> five minutes. The discussion is entirely the reason why I want
> to present it, as I still don't understand why I have not seen something
> like subdo before.
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> Matthew Story writes:
> > Isn't it simpler to just install to a user-specific hier and the
> > n use the
> > setuid bit on the binary and set the owner to the de-escalated o
> > wner?
> I thought it should be, but apparently not.
> I really hope that I'm missing something though.
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