Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:28:29 +0200 From: Tomasz Paszkowski <ns88@genesis.k.pl> To: Nora Etukudo <nora@sappho-net.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why cu i suid && sgid Message-ID: <20001014182829.B877@genesis.k.pl> In-Reply-To: <20001014182342.A24430@mail.nxe.de>; from nora@sappho-net.de on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:23:43PM %2B0200 References: <20001014124428.A7367@genesis.k.pl> <20001014182342.A24430@mail.nxe.de>
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:23:43PM +0200, Nora Etukudo wrote: > > Then all users but 'uucp' can't operate with 'cu' on the device owned by > 'uucp'. The s-bit in the owner rights indicates that the 'cu' always > operate as user 'uucp' regardless of which user it has started and > therfore has the permisson for this device. May be we can talk about the > reason for s-bit in the group rights. But think about the situation when you have cisco console connected to the serial port. Everyone can operate on it. -- _ _ _ _ _ / \ | | / / / \ / \ --- Tomasz Paszkowski ------------------------------ | |\ \| | \ \ |/ \||/ \| === IPv4://3575244866 === IPNg://3ffe:8010:59::2 === /_/ \__/ /_/ \_/ \_/ -------------------Powered by Brain and Keyboard --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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