From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 16 13:14: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C162537B856 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:13:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e3GKfZh02916; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:41:35 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: David Banning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports error - won't load - setuid uucp - hylafax Message-ID: <20000416134135.Y4381@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from tracker@worldy.com on Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 04:07:08PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * David Banning [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