#9324: GHCi permission checks should ignore root user -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- 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: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- 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. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9324 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler