Subject: proposed: /usr/src/usr.bin/tcfs/*, needs gdbm, some SUID programs
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.org>
From: VaX#n8 <vax@carolina.rr.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/19/2004 22:13:12
So I'm working on getting TCFS ready for prime-time.
I've done extensive work on the kernel-level stuff and that's available now.
I'm getting the userlevel ready and it's going to require a lot of work.
I haven't thought out all the issues, but I figure I'd throw them out:
1) Most of the programs are for users to run. I plan on putting them in
/usr/src/usr.bin/tcfs/tcfsprogram. Is this okay? Wasn't sure on "usr.bin"
versus "usr.sbin". What's the guideline?
2) There's a fair number of SUID programs, and I haven't audited them for
buffer overflows yet. What to do about this? I mean, obviously, they can't
go into the source tree without being scrutinized, but... perhaps as non-SUID
until such a time? SUID Non-root pseudo-user? What's the guideline?
3) There's a fair number of programs:
USER_BINSS=tcfsputkey tcfsrun tcfsrmkey tcfsgenkey tcfstat # SUID
USER_BINS=tcfsflag
ROOT_BINS=tcfsadduser tcfsrmuser tcfsaddgroup tcfsrmgroup
When Neils Provos was adding them to OpenBSD, he merged all the ROOT_BINS
into one program, tcfsmng. Does anyone care about how many there are?
4) They use gdbm for some kind of database, I think for storing longer keys
that are themselves encrypted by your login password. I don't think gdbm
is in /usr/src - what do I do about this?
5) Currently they use a supplementary file /etc/tcfstab. I want them to
use the normal /etc/fstab. Should I change this before merging them into
the source tree? I need to look into how this will work more.