From owner-freebsd-security Tue Sep 10 13:20:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA10990 for security-outgoing; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:20:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.181]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA10984 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:20:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from emu.fsl.noaa.gov (kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.60.32]) by gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA24036; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:20:49 GMT Message-Id: <199609102020.UAA24036@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA237946851; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:20:52 -0600 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:20:52 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: jlo@fmsc.com.au Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <3.0b11.32.19960910190410.006e4c94@203.4.181.10> (message from John Paul Lonie on Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:16:24 +1000) Subject: Re: suid/sguid files Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "John" == John Paul Lonie writes: John> /sbin/dump - why is this tty ? So the dump program can write to the ttys of all logged-in users in group operator that the dump needs attention or has completed. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/