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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000
commit138791050d36d221d718568094892245d7c6f6ec (patch)
tree24c9479dab9bc019f716093628a70e392b3c40cb /loginutils
parent37ba6bfb6d7ff7287ecda14bb4906fa6de1e78c9 (diff)
downloadbusybox-138791050d36d221d718568094892245d7c6f6ec.tar.gz
Improve the setuid situation a bit, and make it more apparent
when people really ought to make busybox setuid root. -Erik
Diffstat (limited to 'loginutils')
-rw-r--r--loginutils/Config.in16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in
index d9938b066..5619aa9af 100644
--- a/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_U_W_TMP
config CONFIG_LOGIN
bool "login"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
login is used when signing onto a system.
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
+
config CONFIG_FEATURE_SECURETTY
bool " Support for /etc/securetty"
default y
@@ -84,19 +88,27 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SECURETTY
config CONFIG_PASSWD
bool "passwd"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user
may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
may change the password for the group.
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
+
config CONFIG_SU
bool "su"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
su is used to become another user during a login session.
Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user.
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
+
config CONFIG_SULOGIN
bool "sulogin"
default n
@@ -107,9 +119,13 @@ config CONFIG_SULOGIN
config CONFIG_VLOCK
bool "vlock"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
Build the "vlock" applet which allows you to lock (virtual) terminals.
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
+
comment "Common options for adduser, deluser, login, su"
depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU