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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:22:55 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To:        -Vince- <vince@mercury.gaianet.net>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Mark Murray <mark@grumble.grondar.za>, Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.org, security@FreeBSD.org, ache@FreeBSD.org, Chad Shackley <chad@mercury.gaianet.net>, jbhunt <jbhunt@mercury.gaianet.net>
Subject:   Re: I need help on this one - please help me track this guy down! 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.94.960624212026.9164F-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960624164925.21697K-100000@mercury.gaianet.net>

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On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, -Vince- wrote:

> 	Good one Jordan :-)  But the thing is how did he get that binary there
> in the first place since if he can do that here, then he can do that on any
> machine that he doesn't have group wheel on to gain root access...  I'll 

Um, have people forgotten about the nifty little mount trick that
used to be a FreeBSD feature?  You would only need to use it once
to install your root command.

-john

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