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What’s the problem with running a script this way? Several major tools install like this (docker, netdata...) here’s a take on this that was posted to HN a whil
by lukevp 6y ago
What’s the problem with running a script this way? Several major tools install like this (docker, netdata...) here’s a take on this that was posted to HN a while back: https://www.arp242.net/curl-to-sh.html https://www.arp242.net/curl-to-sh.html
- effie 6y agoThe problem is that this way, you're giving total control of your machine to a script that curl will download from a website, before you check the script. A better way to try a new software is to download the sources, check them, build/install/run them under a low user with lowest required access to your system. Even better, do this in a virtual machine.