Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:36:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: dg@root.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, James Flemer <jflemer@tiger.acsu.k12.vt.us>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: imapd_4.1b.txt Message-ID: <199805270136.SAA02758@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 19:30:08 PDT." <199805270230.TAA04252@implode.root.com>
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> >Does imapd not run as root from /etc/inetd.conf? The binary is not > >setuid in the package tarball... > > If it is run as root, then the core file will be owned by root with no > permissions for group or other, so you'd have to be root to read it. ... and if it changes UID to manipulate your mail folders, it will no longer drop a core. Ok, it sounds like the door is closed on that one. Do I feel sorry for Mark Crispin? 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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