Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 20:53:21 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Devon@jovi.net Cc: FreeBSD@jovi.net, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/33904: secure mode bug Message-ID: <20020115205321.D31328@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <200201152202.g0FM2lE05944@grant.org>; from Devon@jovi.net on Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 05:02:47PM -0500 References: <200201142344.g0ENimK91227@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020115011230.D28767@blossom.cjclark.org> <200201151526.g0FFQFX02180@grant.org> <20020115133339.A31328@blossom.cjclark.org> <200201152202.g0FM2lE05944@grant.org>
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 05:02:47PM -0500, Devon@jovi.net wrote:
> (failure to set the time is not usually expected)
>
> Programs seem to handle it ok when user is not root.
If the program checks if it is running under the superuser uid on its
own, it might not have exceptions to deal with these types of
problems. It's also fun to have programs tell you you need to be root
to do something when you are root.
--
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."
Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu
| cjclark@jhu.edu
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