[MacPorts] #30992: virtualbox: enable hardening
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#30992: virtualbox: enable hardening
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Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: rmstonecipher@…
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.0.1
Keywords: | Port: virtualbox
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Comment(by cp@…):
Replying to [comment:22 carsomyr@…]:
> Chris,
>
> Can you confirm that VirtualBox is going to fail if the permissions of
any directory in ${prefix} (default is /Applications/MacPorts) isn't owned
by root:admin?
>
> -Roy
Yes, as I wrote in the first comment this is the case. Sorry, we are a
little bit paranoid in this area.
As the average user is doing the default install, I don't see any problems
with that. For the others a warning is a good indicator that something can
goes wrong.
Chris
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30992#comment:25>
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