From: zaks@prioris.im.pw.edu.pl (Slawek Zak) To: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reading files. Message-ID: <87674qhd8o.fsf@medievalist.org> In-Reply-To: Zhihui Zhang's message of "Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:10:48 -0400 (EDT)" References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990614110658.7830A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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** Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> wrote: [...] Zhihui> I know Windows-NT has a feature that does not allow the Zhihui> Administrator (known as root in Unix) to access the file of a Zhihui> normal user. I wonder if this feature can be added to FreeBSD Zhihui> easily. What for if I may ask you. Capabilities are good for programs, but often harmful for #user. Don't tell me that it's useful for mail spool, I won't believe ;) Reading lusers' mail is one of BOFHen spare time duties. On NT, there are many more things people don't know of, or have no means to control. We "lose" in this field badly. /S -- * Suavek Zak (Systems Administrator) * email: zaks@im.pw.edu.pl voice: +48 (0) 22 674 66 79 * PGP v2.6: 2048/9A7CBF71, finger://zaks@prioris.im.pw.edu.pl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the messagehelp
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