Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 01:36:34 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: /sbin/init permission Message-ID: <199610151536.BAA14817@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Complete set of standard executables with annoying permissions in >> -current: >> >> -r-x------ 1 bin bin 20480 Oct 2 04:24 /sbin/init >> -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 12288 Oct 2 04:26 /sbin/shutdown >> ---s--x--x 2 root bin 286720 Oct 2 04:19 /usr/bin/sperl4.036 >> ---s--x--x 2 root bin 286720 Oct 2 04:19 /usr/bin/suidperl >> -r-sr-x--- 1 uucp uucp 90112 Oct 2 04:09 /usr/libexec/uucp/uuxqt >> -r-x------ 1 bin bin 12288 Oct 2 04:42 /usr/sbin/watch >... >for suid applications there is a reason for being restrictive. For I think security by obscurity is the only reason. This doesn't apply to free software. Bruce
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