Date: 25 Sep 2002 14:34:33 -0400 From: Bob Fleck <bob@securesoftware.com> To: Anthony Schneider <anthony@x-anthony.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: screen question/problem. Message-ID: <1032978873.399.6.camel@mcp.securesoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20020925183508.GA1830@x-anthony.com> References: <F25AGZ9XZOFXZ3mcrwP00000f72@hotmail.com> <20020925181034.GA1570@x-anthony.com> <20020925183508.GA1830@x-anthony.com>
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You should _not_ make screen setuid root. Anyone who uses screen could then act as root, which would be bad. Make the server program setuid root instead. On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 14:35, Anthony Schneider wrote: > What are the permissions on the screen binary? > I'm guessing that it isn't suid root, and that it wants to be. > -Anthony. > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 12:28:32PM -0500, Chest Rockwell wrote: > > i've used screen before. i installed a game server on my freebsd 4.5 box > > and when i try to run screen, i get this error. i am running it as the > > user that installed the server. can anyone help me with this? > > > > > > screen -A -m -d -S ./ucc-bin server BR-Anubis?XGame.xBombingRun > > > > Must run suid root for multiuser support. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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