Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Oct 1998 03:34:38 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] modules_install |
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
>> > > > + if [ -s /tmp/.misc.$$$$ ]; then inst_mod /tmp/.misc.$$$$ misc; >fi; \ >> > > > + rm -f /tmp/.misc.$$$$ /tmp/.allmods.$$$$; \ >> > > >> > > Linus, please dont apply this "fix" >> > >> > What's wrong with /root/tmp/ ? >> > >> What happens if you aren't root? >> And anyway, /root doesn't exist on all machines. >It does on Slackware and Caldera that I know of and probably on Redhat as >well. I don't have any experience with SuSe or any European distributions.
So if someone changes root's login dir from /root, to just / or /home/root, then they can no longer compile a kernel? Yeah, real good.
What if I want to compile a kernel without being logged in as root?
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