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Re: inetd(8): security considerations
> There is one more thing I'd be inclined to add: when _serving_ a
> config as root[*], error if the configuration (including sourced
> chunks) is writable by someone else than root.
> What do you think?
A reasonable thing if it's an overridable default. An extremely
annoying thing (albeit only occasionally) if it's non-overridable.
Also, I'm not sure how I'd modify that if the UID it's serving as is
someone other than root.
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