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Diffstat (limited to 'Config.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | Config.in | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -328,10 +328,18 @@ config FEATURE_SUID symlinks pointing to each binary), and only set the suid bit on the one that needs it. - The applets currently marked to need the suid bit are: - - crontab, dnsd, findfs, ipcrm, ipcs, login, passwd, ping, su, - traceroute, vlock. + The applets which require root rights (need suid bit or + to be run by root) and will refuse to execute otherwise: + crontab, login, passwd, su, vlock, wall. + + The applets which will use root rights if they have them + (via suid bit, or because run by root), but would try to work + without root right nevertheless: + findfs, ping[6], traceroute[6], mount. + + Note that if you DONT select this option, but DO make busybox + suid root, ALL applets will run under root, which is a huge + security hole (think "cp /some/file /etc/passwd"). config FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG bool "Runtime SUID/SGID configuration via /etc/busybox.conf" |