Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:03:44 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: / owned by bin causes sshd to complain bad ownership
Message-ID:  <86hau22khr.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <201206221810.q5MI9tuR054055@fire.js.berklix.net> (Julian H. Stacey's message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:09:55 %2B0200")
References:  <201206221810.q5MI9tuR054055@fire.js.berklix.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> writes:
> I don't question the "user or" that's fine It's the final "root" I
> find strange.  I guess whoever wrote sshd was so used to "root"
> they never considered "bin" could be better.

Maybe they did, and decided it wasn't.  I'm firmly of the opinion that
it isn't.

You also have to consider the cost of maintaining a list of "safe"
owners, and the fact that this list may vary from OS to OS.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86hau22khr.fsf>