[MacPorts] #22167: nethack runs as root

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Fri Aug 6 07:59:16 PDT 2010


#22167: nethack runs as root
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 Reporter:  adam.gc.watkins@…          |       Owner:  yeled@…           
     Type:  defect                     |      Status:  assigned          
 Priority:  Normal                     |   Milestone:                    
Component:  ports                      |     Version:  1.8.1             
 Keywords:                             |        Port:  nethack           
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Changes (by yeled@…):

  * status:  new => assigned


Old description:

> Nethack runs as root, via setuid on
> '/opt/local/share/nethackdir/nethack'. It might sensible to setgid as
> 'games' or similar and set permissions appropriately elsewhere, but to
> run nethack as root by default is insane from a security perspective.

New description:

 looking into this.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22167#comment:4>
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