Bug#382453: distccd user has a home of /

2012-11-08 Thread Daniel Hartwig
Martin Pool wrote: > I couldn't find a description in (a brief scan of) debian-policy that > specifically describes what a daemon's home directory should be. Indeed. This is currently being discussed [1]. I will leave this issue pending the outcome of that discussion. [1] http://bugs.debian.or

Bug#382453: distccd user has a home of /

2012-11-08 Thread Daniel Hartwig
The current HOME of "/" is not itself a problem, but can cause problems with other programs in some configurations. This is not really a security issue. No access is gained by assigning this home. Some systems are set up so that distccd calls ccache. [1] This is not the recommended way to use th

Bug#382453: distccd user has a home of /

2009-08-20 Thread Julien Lavergne
Hi, It seems that setting the home to / have others problem. You can see the bug reported on Ubuntu : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/distcc/+bug/357001 A suggest was to add this patch : diff -u distcc-2.18.3/debian/distcc.postinst distcc-2.18.3/debian/distcc.postinst --- distcc-2.18.3

Bug#382453: distccd user has a home of /

2006-08-10 Thread Marc E.
Package: distcc Version: 2.18.3-3 The user 'distccd' has a home of /. It could be a security risk Using Unstable. -- Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]