Update to Brasero 2.25.x [LSARC/2009/201 FastTrack timeout 04/03/2009]
Brian Cameron
Brian.Cameron at sun.com
Tue Mar 31 10:13:46 PDT 2009
I submitted the separate case LSARC 2009/202 to highlight that
similar changes are needed for totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer.
The following questions were raised, and I think it makes more
sense to resolve these issues in this LSARC 2009/201 case.
If the Brasero case changes in any way, I think it makes sense
for totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer to do things the same
way.
Issues raised were:
- Danek Duvall suggested that we do not deliver a script
called /usr/bin/brasero and not move the binary
to /usr/bin/brasero.bin. Instead of doing this, he suggests
that we instead maintain a patch so that programs re-exec
themselves underpfexec if they don't have sys_devices,
rather than cluttering up /usr/bin with scripts.
This seems reasonable to me. Lin?
- Darren Moffat asked;
> Desktop CD User:solaris:cmd:::/usr/bin/brasero.bin:privs=sys_devices
How does this work on Linux kernel based systems ? How do these
programs get access to the devices ?
Given what these programs do I suspect what what is really wanted is
read and sometimes write access to the CD/DVD device nodes.
Running them with sys_devices to over come that feels really wrong.
Particularly given that "Desktop CD User" is ultimately being added
to "Console User".
Can't we instead use logindevperm so that the CD/DVD devices are made
available with suitable unix permissions - just like we already do
for USB removable-media devices, generic usb devices, video devices
etc.
While there exists precedent for this hack I really don't like it
and having it proliferated further isn't a good idea.
- Darren Moffat also asked:
Why can't this case and the braseo one use the services provided by
svc:/network/rpc/smserver ? See rpc.smserverd(1M).
PSARC/2000/490 is the reference for the smserver architecture.
Lin, I know that you did more research on the security-related
changes to brasero. Could you respond?
Thanks,
Brian
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