Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 01:36:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fwd: Multiple vendor 'Taylor UUCP' problems. Message-ID: <200109090836.f898atk32035@earth.backplane.com> References: <20010909174638.Q3607-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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: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.
:
Huh? The binaries are owned by user uucp, so they are writable by
user uucp.
su - uucp
cd /usr/bin
chmod 755 uucp
vi uucp
(have fun)
chmod 4555 uucp
-Matt
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