Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:41:35 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports error - won't load - setuid uucp - hylafax Message-ID: <20000416134135.Y4381@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904161602540.677-100000@tracker>; from tracker@worldy.com on Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 04:07:08PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904161602540.677-100000@tracker>
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* David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> [000416 13:37] wrote: > I am trying to install hylafax thorough ports. > > I keep getting this error immediately on "make"; > > ===> hylafax-4.0.2 is forbidden: Security hole (buffer overflow yielding > setuid uucp). > > So I tried "su - uucp" - locked up terminal. > Then I tried adding root to the uucp group - no go either. > > Any ideas? > > Using FreeBSD 3.4 - XFree86 3.3.6 Remove the line FORBIDDEN from the makefile but be aware that installing hylafax will make your machine insecure, meaning it can be hacked. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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