Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 20:19:16 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uucp uid's Message-ID: <199705291019.UAA00460@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 May 1997 08:36:54 %2B0200." <19970529083654.WR06258@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) writes: > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > > (i.e. the owner of the uucp files, processes, etc.). And, > > All the UIDs should be identical however, i.e. the UUCP administrator > has the same UID and group as all the UUCP dialin accounts. I've > never seen a system that doesn't handle it this way. I'm one. Why do the uid's need to be the same? There isn't a permissions problem because: davidn[~]> l /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico -r-sr-sr-x 1 uucp dialer 212992 May 12 20:16 /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico* ^ ^ I've been operating this way for years since first using Taylor-uucp under ISC UNIX in 1991, and it doesn't seem to be a problem for either tcp or dialup connections. Cheers, David David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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