Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:39:18 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! Message-ID: <200009222139.PAA71726@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 Sep 2000 23:33:18 %2B0200." <20000922233318.A34189@mithrandr.moria.org> References: <20000922233318.A34189@mithrandr.moria.org> <200009222026.OAA71131@harmony.village.org> <200009222122.e8MLMG117534@orthanc.ab.ca>
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In message <20000922233318.A34189@mithrandr.moria.org> Neil Blakey-Milner writes: : Maybe you can give me some clue - why is rsh and login suid-root? Can : they function without it? No. Well, the kerberos support works, but they need to be suid root to bind to low ports. That's part of what makes the normal protcol so lame. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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