From owner-freebsd-security Fri Apr 2 6: 4:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from aniwa.sky (p55-max12.wlg.ihug.co.nz [216.100.145.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD04914E1A for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 06:04:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrew@squiz.co.nz) Received: from aniwa.sky (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aniwa.sky (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA16855; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 02:03:40 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199904021403.CAA16855@aniwa.sky> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Holling Cc: 0x1c , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uucp home dir mode 777? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Apr 1999 23:39:09 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 02:03:39 +1200 From: Andrew McNaughton Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > On my 2.2.8-REL box and my 3.1-REL box the modes for use uucp's home dir > > are both 777. Is there any particular reasoning behind this? > > UUCP requires the "public" directory to be mode 777. If you don't use > UUCP, you can get rid of it altogether. > > - Mike I don't use UUCP, and have disabled it. I have wondered though if this public home dir was exploitable. There was discussion a while back about removing uucp from the base install and putting it in a port instead. Andrew -- ----------- Andrew McNaughton andrew@squiz.co.nz http://www.newsroom.co.nz/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message