Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: As 2.0 looms | Date | Fri, 26 Apr 1996 14:37:43 +0200 | From | Alain KNAFF <> |
| |
>I believe core dumping is OK (the dumpable flag is cleared if the program >is unreadable). I know of at least one program (deslogin) which has >encryption key compiled in (the binary is mode 711). I shouldn't have >to link it statically to be safe... Another solution, which doesn't >need kernel support, would be to have two versions of ld.so: one which >ignores LD_xxx and one which is like the current ld.so.
>You decide >which one you want to use at link time (default is to ignore LD_xxx - >it's not necessary except for testing new shared libraries). I think
LD_xxx is also needed for programs such as zlibc, which work by redefining certain library calls. Ignoring LD_xxx by default would make any such program impractical.
Alain
-----------------------------------------------------------------------. Email: Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr Alain Lucien Knaff . Tel.(work): (33) 76 61 52 68 . Tel.(home): (33) 76 85 23 05 Appartement 310b . (répondeur) =====O=====/ 11,rue Général Mangin. Fax : (33) 76 61 52 52 =====O=====/ 38100 Grenoble France.
| |