Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 02:05:19 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/1969: mgetty+sendfax install is insecure Message-ID: <199611061005.CAA02368@nike.efn.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199611061530.HAA25442@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1969 >Category: ports >Synopsis: mgetty+sendfax install is insecure >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 6 07:30:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: John-Mark Gurney >Organization: Cu Networking >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP i386 >Environment: 960801-SNAP, nothing special, just a modem, and I want to run mgetty on it... >Description: well... when you install mgetty from the ports collection.. and you do an installed device... it edits you /etc/ttys file and says the it's secure... this I find anyoing because the original line didn't have secure plus only the vtys are normally considered secure... >How-To-Repeat: install getty... vi /etc/ttys see the problem... only warning you have is that it "replaced" my old line that ran mgetty... >Fix: I haven't taken a look at mgetty but I think this is more of a problem with mgetty's install than freebsd per se... but I know that older versions of mgetty didn't do this so it's unexpected behavior... >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: John-Mark Gurney
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