On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:30:21 +0200 manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus) wrote: > Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost> wrote: > > > Nasty hacks like subverting the protection against LD_PRELOAD > > on setuid executables are not called for in a case like this. > > Why is it a hack? I immagine it only configurable by root, and I > understand it would cleany enable the program to use threads. Or do I > miss a point? > From Thor's response I suspect that the LD_PRELOAD restriction that I asked you about (that I know is in Linux but wasn't sure about NetBSD) probably is in place. And it's a hack because the real problem in your specific case lies in the design of the module, not in the threads restriction. Julian -- 3072D/F3A66B3A Julian Yon (2012 General Use) <pgp.2012%jry.me@localhost>
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