Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 13:58:22 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Here's an interesting bug in our utmp handling. Message-ID: <199709150358.NAA04616@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <199709150200.DAA28083@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> from Brian Somers at "Mon, 15 Sep 1997 02:00:31 %2B0000" References: <199709150200.DAA28083@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Monday, 15th September 1997, Brian Somers wrote: >> I don't understand why login should ever be called interactively. We >> have su for that. > >Perhaps 0500 permissions are in order. If I recall correctly, that was the concensus of opinion last time I heard this discussed... back in 1986, I believe. Is there any reason why a non-root process should invoke login? I can't think of any. Stephen.
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