Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Security
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- 02/08/07 13:08:23 (6 years ago)
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v2 v3 5 5 If you are not completely comfortable with Shepherd auto-updating, there are things you can do to reduce your security exposure. 6 6 7 == Turn off auto-update==7 === Turn off auto-update === 8 8 9 9 When run with the --noupdate option, Shepherd will simply grab data, and not download any new code. This makes the security risk of running Shepherd the same as running any other program. … … 11 11 The disadvantage, of course, is that if Shepherd breaks, you will need to detect this yourself, and fix it manually (e.g. run it with the --update option). 12 12 13 == Run as its own user==13 === Run as its own user === 14 14 15 If you install and execute Shepherd as its own user, it will be unable to affect any other files on your system. [wiki:SecurityDebian Security for Debian Based Distributions.] 15 If you install and execute Shepherd as its own user, it will be unable to affect any other files on your system. 16 17 == Related Pages == 18 See also: [wiki:SecurityDebian Security for Debian Based Distributions.]
