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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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