Re: [PATCH: hurd x6]

[Samuel Thibault]

Damien Zammit, le dim. 07 mars 2021 17:39:04 +1100, a ecrit:
> [PATCH 3/6] libnetfs: Hacks to allow pci to run with no cred
> 
> This is still needed to bypass the cred uid=0.
> I tried to call fsys_getroot, but it failed/hung when running it
> at the point where I needed the root port.

Where is that point?

> Can we live with this patch for now?

No, !dircred can come from various cases, like the passed port name
being bogus or for an improper class etc. Basically you'd give to
anybody malignant enough root access to all libnetfs translators.

Samuel