GNU bug report logs - #43650
[PATCH 0/8] Assorted childhurd improvements

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Cc: 43650 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [bug#43650] [PATCH 1/8] services: hurd-vm: Run QEMU as an unprivileged user.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:23:19 +0200

Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il> skribis:

> Shot in the dark, do the permissions/ownership on /var/empty matter?
> childhurd is far from the only user claiming /var/empty as home.

I don’t think so.  There’s code somewhere that ensures that /var/empty
is root-owned and read-only.

Ludo’.
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