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SubjectRe: [PATCH] modules_install
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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