Re: OpenBSD Trusted Path Execution (TPE) compatibility?

From: Joshua Jore <moomonk(at)daisy-chan(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OpenBSD Trusted Path Execution (TPE) compatibility?
Date: 2001-07-06 01:16:23
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.33.0107052014140.21473-100000@aaieee.daisy-chan.org
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Nah, the restriction is only on fd 0 which isn't going to happen in reads
to real files. I've got it figured out now - unless I write some code for
PostgreSQL and don't let root own it (not run it, the postgresql user does
that) then I don't have to trust the daemon user.

Thanks for the suggestion tho. It's been an education ;-)

Josh

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Joshua Jore writes:
>
> > Prevent execution of binaries that are in directories not owned by root
> > Prevents interpreters from reading from STDIN
> > Protect most proc info and *stat stuff
> > Strips LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> >
> > Is there any reason that PostgreSQL or postmaster would have a problem
> > with this
>
> You might have trouble with the second item if you're using passwords,
> since those have to come from stdin somehow. But your description is too
> vague to tell. The others shouldn't pose any problems.
>
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> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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