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

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Message #79 received at 4197 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 4197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4197: 23.1; error when try to run `server-start':	directory
 .emacs.d/server	is	unsafe
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:59:25 +0800

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Sorry, I don't quite understand your suggestion.  NT file security
> cannot be used on FAT32 volumes, even if the OS is of the NT family
> (Windows 2000, XP, etc.).  So, if you meant to use the NT file
> security as the back-end of the abstraction you propose, that back-end
> will be inoperable on FAT32 volumes, even for Windows XP.
>   
No, I mean instead of using the file system, which is only secure if it 
is NTFS, use Access Tokens, or switch to using Named Pipes instead of a 
TCP socket, so that a Security Descriptor can be attached to it.

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