Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 12:17:35 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: andys@telinco.net Cc: nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, mike@mikesweb.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: one more for ya.. Message-ID: <7413.969013055@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:07:54 %2B0100 (BST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009151105460.45019-100000@internal.mail.telinco.net>
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> > > -r-sr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19556 Jul 30 00:49 /usr/bin/login > > > > Not incredibly sure about this requirement. > > Wouldn't this be needed to read the encrypted passwords from /etc/master.passwd? /usr/bin/login *only* needs to be setuid root to allow a direct "login" from one user to another. Under normal circumstances /usr/bin/login is called from a program already running as root (e.g. telnetd) and thus doesn't need to be setuid. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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