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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 1997 14:12:00 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonz@netrail.net>
To:        Vladimir Litovka <doka@grunt.vl.kharkov.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: setuid shutdown?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970803141145.15140A-100000@netrail.net>
In-Reply-To: <5s28mu$pev$1@grunt.vl.kharkov.ua>

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Yah that's enough, I was concerned b/c mine was executable by everybody.


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Jonathan A. Zdziarski                                NetRail Incorporated
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On 3 Aug 1997, Vladimir Litovka wrote:

:Hello!
:
:Jonathan A. Zdziarski <jonz@netrail.net> wrote:
:
:> I just realized that my version of freebsd 2.2.2 installs with a
:> set-uid-root shutdown command allowing anybody who wants to to shutdown or
:> reboot the server.
:
:Why anybody? /sbin/shutdown installed as:
: -r-sr-x---	root	operator	shutdown
:
:So only users, that is in 'operator' group allowed to start this program.
:This is enought security, I think.
:
:Sinc, Doka
:
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:        ~NewsGate~ (c) Vladimir Litovka <doka@kharkiv.net>
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