X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Ftemplates;fp=debian%2Ftemplates;h=92e2093c9d3289a19f60773f5fc3413c585a9336;hb=d858fa441d75da1e93c99d2ac068786cdcba8c08;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=05e67326bf208399329240c1c5ab5513d15b0505;p=pkg%2Fbeep.git diff --git a/debian/templates b/debian/templates new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92e2093 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/templates @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Template: beep/suid_option +Type: select +Choices: suid root for all, suid root with only group audio executable, not suid at all +Default: suid root with only group audio executable +Description: How to handle suid root for beep program? + beep must be run as root since it needs to access the speaker hardware. + There are several posibilities to make the program usable: Either only + for root (no suid bit at all), executable only by users of the group + audio, or usable for all. + . + Any program that is suid root is a potential security risk so this is not + the default. Because each program that is suid root is security risk this + is not done by default. However, the program is quite small (~150 lines + of code) and is fairly easy to verify the safety of the code yourself, if + you don't trust my judgement.