GNU bug report logs - #4197
23.1; error when try to run `server-start': directory .emacs.d/server is unsafe

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:34:41 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 865, 3281, 8787

Found in version 23.3

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 4197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4197: 23.1; error when try to run `server-start': directory .emacs.d/server is	unsafe
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:07:30 +0300
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 4197 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,  "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:49:03 -0400
> 
> > I think Emacs should be able to coexist and behave nicely with FAT32 - don't
> 
> IIUC how Windows on FAT32 works, using emacsserver on such a system
> means that any process running on this machine (from your own user or
> any other user) can control your Emacs session.

That's true.  There's no file security on FAT32 volumes.

I was thinking about displaying yes-or-no-p prompt with a warning to
that effect, but if the user consents, letting them to proceed.  Maybe
we should do that on Posix as well, instead of flatly refusing to run.

WDYT?



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