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diff --git a/contrib/README.check_perms_grsecurity b/contrib/README.check_perms_grsecurity deleted file mode 100644 index 6d1d0389e..000000000 --- a/contrib/README.check_perms_grsecurity +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -The check_perms_grsecurity.py script, if copied in your installed -~mailman/bin/ directory and run from there will modify permissions of -files so that Mailman with extra restrictions imposed by linux kernel security -patches like securelinux/openwall in 2.2.x or grsecurity in 2.4.x - -The way it works is that it makes sure that the UID of any script that -touches config.pck is `mailman'. What this means however is that -scripts in ~mailman/bin will now only work if run as user mailman or -root (the script then changes its UID and GID to mailman). -To make grsecurity happy, we remove the group writeable bit on a directories -that contain binaries. - -Enjoy -Marc MERLIN <marc_soft@merlins.org>/<marc_bts@vasoftware.com> - 2001/12/10 |