Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Raw input

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 01:00:53PM -0500, Geordie wrote:

> In the world of Sid, we tend upgrade frequently, a gentleman by the name of 
> h2 developed a bash ( i think) script to update a sid based computer. It is 
> seemless way to keep things current and any programs that are unstable are 
> placed on hold. This script runs as root and connects to a server similar to 
> your gnumed boot strap. I have included one of the scripts as an attachment. 
> It may add some insite as to how things work in the sidux world. The same 
> scripts can be used to update testing as well depending on your sources list.
> I think your script is running afoul of some security issue in the new 
> kernels,
This may be true or not. It can easily be tested by running
Python in a shell, typing "raw_input()", type some
characters, press ENTER and see what happens.

> The one offer I would have is if you would like me to try
> myself by giving me some sort of ssh access to your machine
> over the internet.
> 
> Ah this sounds sooooooo dangerous. Is it legal???????
Why not ?

> What do you need? 
You would need to setup ssh access on your machine and
create an account for me. In order to run the bootstrapper
and take a look at the PG configuration I'd have to be able
to su to root which you may not be comfortable with granting
to a relative stranger.

Karsten
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