Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:32:07 +0200 (MET DST) From: torstenb@solar.tlk.com (Torsten Blum) To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Cc: phk@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suidness of /usr/bin/login Message-ID: <m0ug5Y7-00022jC@solar.tlk.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960715223420.8904G-100000@zap.io.org> from Brian Tao at "Jul 15, 96 10:36:24 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Brian Tao wrote: > Does /usr/bin/login need to be setuid root? Since it is normally > only called by telnetd (which already runs as root), does it have to > be setuid root as well? What else uses it? xterm (which itself is > also setuid root)? Better make xterm work without beeing suid root. xterm is more complex than login. -tb
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?m0ug5Y7-00022jC>