Toward safer GNU C Library tunable handling
Toward safer GNU C Library tunable handling
Posted Nov 2, 2023 13:52 UTC (Thu) by roblucid (guest, #48964)In reply to: Toward safer GNU C Library tunable handling by tilt12345678
Parent article: Toward safer GNU C Library tunable handling
Sysadmins has had ways to set up default environment for users helpfully.
The whole point of environment was to allow users to alter their preferences and also have things like their terminal type and X-server work.
Personal choices in ~/. profile are desirable, users are free to break their session settings.
BUT privileged programs with an effective [ug]id should not be affected by environmental whims of the misguided or malicious.