Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 16:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/1226: permissions binaries directories Message-ID: <199605212330.QAA11716@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/1226; it has been noted by GNATS. From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: W.Belgers@nl.cis.philips.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1226: permissions binaries directories Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:54:37 +0200 (MET DST) As Walter Belgers wrote: > The directories /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin > /usr/local/sbin are all owned by bin, group bin. This makes it possible > for anybody with bin privileges to become root easily. Only if you are r/w NFS exporting it. (bin cannot dump something over an existing setuid root program, regardless of the directory ownership. bin is disabled by default anyway.) I think the ownership has been chosen deliberately. If we once start this discussion, i'm afraid we could soon transfer the entire system to owner root. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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