Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:54:41 -0700 (PDT) From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: dg@root.com, mike@smith.net.au, jflemer@tiger.acsu.k12.vt.us, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: imapd_4.1b.txt Message-ID: <199805270354.UAA09157@burka.rdy.com> In-Reply-To: <199805270136.SAA02758@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "May 26, 98 06:36:45 pm"
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Mike Smith writes: > > >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) I don't think it will drop core in any case. As far as I know all the inetd stuff runs from the daemon class, and daemon class has coredumpsize 0 by default. > > -- > \\ 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 > -- dima To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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