[GHC] #9324: GHCi permission checks should ignore root user
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#9324: GHCi permission checks should ignore root user
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Reporter: mboes | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2
Keywords: | Differential Revisions:
Operating System: POSIX | Architecture:
Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple
Test Case: | Difficulty: Unknown
Blocking: | Blocked By:
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As a security precaution, GHCi helpfully refuses to run a `.ghci` file if
it is owned by another user. But if the that other user is root, then
arguably GHCi should not refuse to interpret the file, because if root
really was malicious, then the user would be having a bad day anyways.
This means that .ghci files installed in a global location, say under
`/usr/local/`, can then be read.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9324>
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