From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 4197@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#4197: 23.1; error when try to run `server-start': directory .emacs.d/server is unsafe
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:07:30 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y6pcff0d.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvpraocv6x.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 4197@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:49:03 -0400
>
> > I think Emacs should be able to coexist and behave nicely with FAT32 - don't
>
> IIUC how Windows on FAT32 works, using emacsserver on such a system
> means that any process running on this machine (from your own user or
> any other user) can control your Emacs session.
That's true. There's no file security on FAT32 volumes.
I was thinking about displaying yes-or-no-p prompt with a warning to
that effect, but if the user consents, letting them to proceed. Maybe
we should do that on Posix as well, instead of flatly refusing to run.
WDYT?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-22 8:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-19 3:25 bug#4197: 23.1; error when try to run `server-start': directory .emacs.d/server is unsafe Drew Adams
2009-08-21 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 14:30 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-21 17:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 18:12 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-21 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 18:55 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-21 20:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 21:03 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-22 10:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-22 4:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-22 8:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2009-08-23 1:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-23 3:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-23 22:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-22 9:53 ` Jason Rumney
2009-08-22 10:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-22 16:59 ` Jason Rumney
2009-08-22 17:10 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-23 1:57 ` Stefan Monnier
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