Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 15:34:29 -0600 From: Ben Black <black@squid.gage.com> To: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cc: bmk@pobox.com, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running sendmail non-suid Message-ID: <9612092134.AA16236@squid.gage.com> In-Reply-To: <199612092111.NAA17991@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> References: <199612092111.NAA17991@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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>The general consensus has usually been that this approach is less secure >because it is easier to gain access to a user account than root. this still makes no sense at all. explain it, please. why would a user account managed just like the root account be any easier to hack? b3n
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