From owner-freebsd-security Mon Apr 20 15:10:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA06322 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:10:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (nsmart@ts01-56.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06216 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 22:10:07 GMT (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id XAA00994; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:08:03 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804202208.XAA00994@indigo.ie> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:08:03 +0000 In-Reply-To: Wes Peters "Re: suid/sgid programs" (Apr 19, 8:16pm) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Wes Peters , Marc Slemko Subject: Re: suid/sgid programs Cc: Niall Smart , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Apr 19, 8:16pm, Wes Peters wrote: } Subject: Re: suid/sgid programs > Marc Slemko wrote: > > It would probably be better to pull all of UUCP into a separate install > package, so users who don't use it could simply not install it. This > way, the install package could install all of the UUCP binaries with the > correct permissions, and users who don't need UUCP lower their suid/sgid > impact. Yes, I've thought about this before and I agree it would be nice. I think Mike Smith is going to be working on the package and install stuff for 3.0-RELEASE. Perhaps he will modularise the base system a bit? Niall ./ -- Niall Smart. PGP: finger njs3@motmot.doc.ic.ac.uk FreeBSD: Turning PC's into Workstations: www.freebsd.org Annoy your enemies and astonish your friends: echo "#define if(x) if (!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message