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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:17:00 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Warner Losh <imp@rover.village.org>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file
Message-ID:  <199707221417.IAA04808@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970722073711.20412@gtn.com>
References:  <199707212106.OAA11898@phaeton.artisoft.com> <E0wqQHZ-0002PY-00@rover.village.org> <199707212214.QAA02162@rocky.mt.sri.com> <19970722073711.20412@gtn.com>

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> > > Files owned by root are harder to change via NFS....
> > 
> > Ahh, you said the dirty word, NFS.  NFS stands for 'No Freaking
> > Security', so if you're using NFS, you've already given up any chance of
> > security.
...
> Or are you arguing, there is no reason to make it any better
> secure, by changing file permissions, because you think it's
> insecure(tm) ?! ;-))

Yep.  Changing the locks on the back-door of your house while leaving
the front-door wide open is a false sense of security.



Nate



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