From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Mar 3 9:49:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-34.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237D737B718 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2001 09:49:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Received: from browning.pennasoft.com (browning [192.168.168.11]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f23HlvJ57579 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:47:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:56:24 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: Subject: Re: Sendmail Question In-Reply-To: <20010303143635.M3359@storm.psi-domain.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Jamie Heckford wrote: > Quick update, I just set mail.local SUID. Why? It works just fine with mode 555. > Just wondering, what was the reason for this? Will a > security vunrability arisin from setting mail.local > SUID? There are always potential vulnerabilities with setuid binaries. The reduction of setuid binaries to the barest minimum is a good thing. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message