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Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects

From Kene Meniru <kemeniru@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects
Date 2013-03-12 13:38 +0000
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Michael Torrie <torriem <at> gmail.com> writes:

> It's not possible to setuid a python script, so I don't see how execfile
> or exec is any more dangerous than the user creating a shell script that
> rm -rf * things, and then running it.
> 
> Bash "exec's" scripts all the time that users create and provide.  How
> is this different and what issues did you have in mind, exactly?
> 

This is close to my reasoning too, although I appreciate Dave's concern.

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Running external module and accessing the created objects  Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-08 22:06 -0500
  Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-09 08:03 +0000
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-09 06:05 -0500
      Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-09 11:34 +0000
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-09 22:47 +1100
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-09 07:02 -0500
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-09 10:34 -0500
      Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-09 08:51 -0800
        Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-09 12:21 -0500
          Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-09 10:33 -0800
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-09 11:12 -0500
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-09 11:56 -0500
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-09 12:20 -0500
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-09 12:39 -0500
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-09 13:18 -0500
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-11 19:57 -0400
      Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-11 23:40 -0700
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-11 20:48 -0400
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-11 21:23 -0400
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-03-11 21:58 -0400
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-11 22:16 -0400
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-11 22:11 -0400
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-03-11 22:05 -0600
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-12 07:20 -0400
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <kemeniru@gmail.com> - 2013-03-12 13:38 +0000
    Re: Running external module and accessing the created objects Kene Meniru <kemeniru@gmail.com> - 2013-03-12 13:28 +0000

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