The file has to be owned by user root, group root and has to be
writeable only by root:
- (chown 0.0 /etc/busybox.conf; chmod 600 /etc/busybox.conf)
+ (chown 0.0 /etc/busybox.conf; chmod 600 /etc/busybox.conf)
The busybox executable has to be owned by user root, group
root and has to be setuid root for this to work:
- (chown 0.0 /bin/busybox; chmod 4755 /bin/busybox)
+ (chown 0.0 /bin/busybox; chmod 4755 /bin/busybox)
Robert 'sandman' Griebl has more information here:
<url: http://www.softforge.de/bb/suid.html >.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
bool "Build shared libbusybox"
default n
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
+ help
+ Build a shared library libbusybox.so.N.N.N which contains all
+ busybox code.
+
+ This feature allows every applet to be built as a tiny
+ separate executable. Enabling it for "one big busybox binary"
+ approach serves no purpose and increases code size.
+ You should almost certainly say "no" to this.
+
+### config FEATURE_FULL_LIBBUSYBOX
+### bool "Feature-complete libbusybox"
+### default n if !FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
+### depends on BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
+### help
+### Build a libbusybox with the complete feature-set, disregarding
+### the actually selected config.
+###
+### Normally, libbusybox will only contain the features which are
+### used by busybox itself. If you plan to write a separate
+### standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'.
+###
+### Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that
+### might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the
+### exported function set between releases (even minor version number
+### changes), and happily break out-of-tree features.
+###
+### Say 'N' if in doubt.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL
+ bool "Produce a binary for each applet, linked against libbusybox"
+ default n
+ depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STATIC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
help
- Build a shared library libbusybox.so which contains all
- libraries used inside busybox.
-
- This is an experimental feature intended to support the upcoming
- "make standalone" mode. Enabling it against the one big busybox
- binary serves no purpose (and increases the size). You should
- almost certainly say "no" to this right now.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FULL_LIBBUSYBOX
- bool "Feature-complete libbusybox"
- default n if !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
- help
- Build a libbusybox with the complete feature-set, disregarding
- the actually selected config.
+ If your CPU architecture doesn't allow for sharing text/rodata
+ sections of running binaries, but allows for runtime dynamic
+ libraries, this option will allow you to reduce memory footprint
+ when you have many different applets running at once.
- Normally, libbusybox will only contain the features which are
- used by busybox itself. If you plan to write a separate
- standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'.
+ If your CPU architecture allows for sharing text/rodata,
+ having single binary is more optimal.
- Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that
- might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the
- exported function set between releases (even minor version number
- changes), and happily break out-of-tree features.
+ Each applet will be a tiny program, dynamically linked
+ against libbusybox.so.N.N.N.
- Say 'N' if in doubt.
+ You need to have a working dynamic linker.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
- bool "Use shared libbusybox for busybox"
- default n if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
+ bool "Produce additional busybox binary linked against libbusybox"
+ default n
depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STATIC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
help
- Use libbusybox.so also for busybox itself.
- You need to have a working dynamic linker to use this variant.
+ Build busybox, dynamically linked against libbusybox.so.N.N.N.
+
+ You need to have a working dynamic linker.
+
+### config BUILD_AT_ONCE
+### bool "Compile all sources at once"
+### default n
+### help
+### Normally each source-file is compiled with one invocation of
+### the compiler.
+### If you set this option, all sources are compiled at once.
+### This gives the compiler more opportunities to optimize which can
+### result in smaller and/or faster binaries.
+###
+### Setting this option will consume alot of memory, e.g. if you
+### enable all applets with all features, gcc uses more than 300MB
+### RAM during compilation of busybox.
+###
+### This option is most likely only beneficial for newer compilers
+### such as gcc-4.1 and above.
+###
+### Say 'N' unless you know what you are doing.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LFS
bool
cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger
than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
- bool "Compile all sources at once"
- default n
- help
- Normally each source-file is compiled with one invocation of
- the compiler.
- If you set this option, all sources are compiled at once.
- This gives the compiler more opportunities to optimize which can
- result in smaller and/or faster binaries.
-
- Setting this option will consume alot of memory, e.g. if you
- enable all applets with all features, gcc uses more than 300MB
- RAM during compilation of busybox.
-
- This option is most likely only beneficial for newer compilers
- such as gcc-4.1 and above.
-
- Say 'N' unless you know what you are doing.
-
endmenu
menu 'Debugging Options'
Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might count
on a filesystem with few inodes.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPERS
+ bool "as script wrappers"
+ help
+ Install applets as script wrappers that call the busybox binary.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_DONT
bool "not installed"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
endchoice
+choice
+ prompt "/bin/sh applet link"
+ default BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SYMLINK
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPERS
+ help
+ Choose how you install /bin/sh applet link.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SYMLINK
+ bool "as soft-link"
+ help
+ Install /bin/sh applet as soft-link to the busybox binary.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_HARDLINK
+ bool "as hard-link"
+ help
+ Install /bin/sh applet as hard-link to the busybox binary.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPER
+ bool "as script wrapper"
+ help
+ Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox binary.
+
+endchoice
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PREFIX
string "BusyBox installation prefix"
default "./_install"
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