Re: [q] make modules_install as non-root?

[Horst von Brand]

Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2005/12/2, Peter Williams <pwil3058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

[...]

> > Personally, I just use "sudo make install" or "sudo make
> > modules_install" to do installations as an ordinary user.  No need for
> > special scripts or modifications to the build procedure.

> That's rather insecure. You have to add /usr/bin/make in your sudoers,
> then an malicious Makefile could do harm. I'm being paranoid. But we
> all are since we avoid to use root.

Oh, come on. If somebody can mess with your kernel sources, you are toast
anyway. No need to doctor a Makefile for that at all.
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