Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 10:31:49 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch Message-ID: <20000902103149.W18862@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <41094.967914166@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 07:02:46PM %2B0200 References: <20000902115449.A704@hamlet.nectar.com> <41094.967914166@critter>
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* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [000902 10:06] wrote: > > Since we're on this topic anyway, there is one thing which has always > bothered me: Why don't we have the option of a per user alias file > for hostnames ? > > I would love to be able to say: > > echo "freefall freefall.freebsd.org" >> $HOME/.hostaliases > > and be able to say just: > > ssh freefall > > no matter how the local resolver and/or /etc/hosts file were configured... Wouldn't that allow a user to take advantage of a program that has stripped itself of privledge but still needs to be protected from changes like that? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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