Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:37:33 +0100 From: Bart Matthaei <bart@dreamflow.nl> To: Rik <freebsd-security@rikrose.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suidperl Message-ID: <20020114103733.G94021@heresy.dreamflow.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020113002822.GA28482@spoon.pkl.net>; from freebsd-security@rikrose.net on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 12:28:22AM %2B0000 References: <077f01c19b41$7cf205a0$6500a8c0@halenet.com.au> <20020112204404.A455@raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20020113002822.GA28482@spoon.pkl.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 12:28:22AM +0000, Rik wrote: > Which raises the question, what use is suidperl without the suid bit? I > can't recall ever having used it, and I can't recall any scripts I know > of that use it... so, uhm, what's the point? It used to be suid on linux distro's. Until some critical vulnerabilities were found. suidperl is useful for maintenance scripts who are called by normal users (or, for instance, the www-user, if the script is called from a webbased maintenance system). Regards, Bart -- Bart Matthaei bart@dreamflow.nl "The whacky morning DJ says democracy's a joke" [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Qqbdgcc6pR+tCegRAnnSAKC0pjR3n7gU2kf/nlR19qpcESHSGACgvyxV NwnuB6t9UVcK10lRPJnVL6g= =g+P0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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