Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:21:40 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: Multiple vendor 'Taylor UUCP' problems. Message-ID: <20010909122140.A38804@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20010909174638.Q3607-100000@alphplex.bde.org> References: <200109082045.f88KjjK29003@earth.backplane.com> <20010909174638.Q3607-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 18:07:52 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > I don't see how schg'ing these binaries makes them significantly more > secure. These binaries are not writable by uucp. They are writable > by root, but root can just as easily un-schg them as write them. From user, chmod u+w binary, then ovewrite it -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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