Hi. Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Debix-imager >============ > >Debix-imager is a setuid binary that allows a user to create a >loopback file, format it with the filesystem of his choice and install >the contents of a tar file or a debian system via debootstrap on it. > >The intention is to make it flexible enough for boot-floppies, >debian-installer and debix to create their bootfloppies, ramdisks and >live filesystems without needing root themself. > >I'm looking for a sponsor that knows a bit about security. >boot-floppies and/or debian-installer experiences would be good too. >At the moment I'm use ocaml but a rewrite in C/C++ would be easy and >maybe cleaner. (Codesize 195 lines atm).
Are you sure this (creating the filesystems) cannot be done entirely without root / suid programs? At least for debian-installer I had the impression that they get quite far with recent mtools/syslinux. Cheers T. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
