Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:25:13 -0800 (PST) From: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> To: Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: security check output Message-ID: <20020105132233.O66447-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> In-Reply-To: <20020105211106.A238148425@wastegate.net>
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On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Doug Reynolds wrote: > Checking setuid files and devices: > > what exactly to does this mean? I assume it has to do when i did a > make world, but I am not sure.. I know i made the world on new years > day, and I like a couple days b4 that. That's perfectly normal. The security check watches for any changes in setuid files, since that could be indicative of a rootkit after a breakin, or a potential vulnerability in your system. However, when you do a 'make installworld', it's updating a lot of the system's setuid files, which then triggers the security check output you see. That will happen after every new 'make installworld'. Ken Bolingbroke hacker@bolingbroke.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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