Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 23:08:56 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: davebullock@dwindledistribution.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chmod to death! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428230708.10204l-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <37279209.C41A5BE2@confusion.net>
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Laurence Berland wrote: > Forgive my ignorance, what's the leading 4? it turns the file "setuid" man chmod. a "setuid" file when executed changes your userid to the owner of the file until it exits. so not only did he hose his machine... but he made it VERY easy to become any user on the box. :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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