Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 22:12:28 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: vince@mercury.gaianet.net (-Vince-) Cc: mark@grumble.grondar.za, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG, chad@mercury.gaianet.net, jbhunt@mercury.gaianet.net Subject: Re: I need help on this one - please help me track this guy down! Message-ID: <199606251242.WAA00732@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960625013911.21697n-100000@mercury.gaianet.net> from "-Vince-" at Jun 25, 96 01:40:18 am
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-Vince- stands accused of saying: > > Yeah, you have a point but jbhunt was watching the user as he > hacked root since he brought the file from his own machine.... so that > wasn't something the admin was tricked into doing.. ... so jbhunt should know exactly what he did. If they don't, then you should sack them presto. But I don't think you understand; you cannot _make_ a file owned by root unless you are _already_ root. > Vince -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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