rexec alternatives?

Joerg Faschingbauer jfasch at localhost.localdomain
Mon May 26 12:00:49 EDT 2003


Hi all,

I am maintaining a build tool (http://confix.sourceforge.net) which is
written in Python, and which generates input for automake and
autoconf. It has a couple of input files itself which correspond to
automake's Makefile.am files etc. These input files are exec()'d, and
are primarily supposed to contain calls to interface functions that
manipulate the build. However, the user is not protected from having
his hard disk formatted by a source package he massages with Confix.

Anyway -- I'm thinking of using rexec to introduce some level of
security. What bothers me is what
http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/rexec/ says, and I am wondering if
there is any replacement in sight?

Thanks,
Joerg




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