Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:02:21 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
Cc:        sthaug@nethelp.no, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, ume@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   setuid ssh should die (Re: Request for review: nsswitch)
Message-ID:  <20000902150221.A1263@hamlet.nectar.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000902145822.B28852@dan.emsphone.com>; from dnelson@emsphone.com on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 02:58:22PM -0500
References:  <41582.967924374@critter> <62717.967924513@verdi.nethelp.no> <20000902145822.B28852@dan.emsphone.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 02:58:22PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> Rather, it's so it can read the host key, which is only readable by
> root.

We're talking about ssh, not sshd.

IMHO, ssh should be mode 0555.  I have to change this all the time on
my machines, since I often socksify ssh.
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000902150221.A1263>