Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:48:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:48:24 -0400 Received: from news.cistron.nl ([195.64.68.38]:2832 "EHLO ncc1701.cistron.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:48:16 -0400 From: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) Subject: Re: Two suggestions (loop and owner's of linux tree) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Cistron Internet Services B.V. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <9r6kcj$trt$3@ncc1701.cistron.net> In-Reply-To: <1003933278.1496.6.camel@LNX.iNES.RO> <20011024143850.EAC2598410@oceanic.wsisiz.edu.pl> X-Trace: ncc1701.cistron.net 1003934931 30589 195.64.65.67 (24 Oct 2001 14:48:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cistron.nl X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test75 (Feb 13, 2001) Originator: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20011024143850.EAC2598410@oceanic.wsisiz.edu.pl>, Lukasz Trabinski wrote: >In article <1003933278.1496.6.camel@LNX.iNES.RO> you wrote: >> chmod -R root.root linux/ >> after you have unpacked the tarball. > >Unnecessarily extra command :) Sometimes I can forget about this and then >user with uid 1046 can modify my kernel source. Simply unpack and compile the kernel as a normal user, not as root. Only install the new kernel as root. Get into the habit of logging in as a normal user and doing root stuff with 'su' or 'sudo' Mike. -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/