On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:19:30 -0700, Lew Wolfgang <wolfgang@sweet-haven.com> wrote:
On 10/03/2010 11:11 AM, Dan Vrátil wrote:
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:00:08 -0700, Lew Wolfgang <wolfgang@sweet-haven.com> wrote:
On 10/2/2010 7:41 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
It works on all the major distros but fails to install on Arch due to an RPM dependency. Their install script just fails saying it can't find rpm. The script contains much ugliness and is McAfee proprietary, so I doubt hacking it will be productive.
So the question is: can Arch be configured/tricked into an rpm install? Does their installer actually require use rpm to install, or just wants rpm to be> there? Most distros allow you to install rpm, Arch is no different except it is in> aur:
aur/rpm 5.2.1-1 (153) The RedHat Package Manager. Don't use it instead of Arch's 'pacman'.
If it actually uses rpm for the process, this is probably not the solution. Two> package managers at once is not a good thing. I spent some time last night pulling the .sh file apart. It's a
On 10/02/2010 06:10 PM, Steven Susbauer wrote: script that unzips a binary that unpacks two rpm files (9-MB), one 32-bit ELF program (8.9-MB), two cryptographic keys and an xml file. The script then calls rpm to install the two rpm files, which contain tons of 32-bit system libraries. These libraries have the same names as regular system libs, like libc, libm, libresolv and libcrypt. This all makes me very nervous! Arch not using rpm may be a blessing in disguise, I'm going to see if I can get a waiver to not install this McAfee root-kit.
Thanks for the help, Lew What about setting up a simple tiny chroot just for this application?
That's an interesting idea, Dan. But since this package is supposed to install itself like a cancer in the OS, it wouldn't be able to perform its function in a chroot. The Windows version of this thing is intended to remove local administrative privileges so that the machine can be completely managed remotely. It can prevent unapproved programs from being loaded, and can disable installed programs that it has an issue with. Indeed, it disabled non-current versions of Adobe Acrobat a couple of weeks ago. It also has an IPS function to monitor and disable network traffic it finds threatening. It can enforce password polices and can report what a user is doing and what web sites they're visiting. It can sniff network configurations and report dual-homed hosts, natted subnets are also disallowed. I'm sure it does much more. I've been told that the Linux/Apple versions only report at this time, the more intrusive capabilities aren't yet implemented.
Thanks, Lew
Well it is just an application, not a kernel module or so, so in my opinion it does not matter if it runs in chroot or not, as it can only obtain datas from some /proc, /sys and /dev files and these can be made available in the chroot via mount (e.g. by mounting the real folders to the chroot). What I want to say is, that the application can have access to all the informations it wants, but it will just be installed separately from your beloved Arch. Dan -- -- Dan Vrátil vratil@progdansoft.com Tel: +4202 732 326 870 Jabber: progdan@jabber.cz Tento email neobsahuje žádné viry, protože odesílatel nepoužívá Windows. / This email does not contain any viruses because the sender does not use Windows.