From owner-freebsd-security Sun Apr 19 07:54:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA27385 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 07:54:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (ts01-15.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA27372 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 14:54:46 GMT (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id PAA00588; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 15:52:58 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804191452.PAA00588@indigo.ie> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 15:52:58 +0000 In-Reply-To: "Fernando P. Schapachnik" "Re: suid/sgid programs" (Apr 19, 12:26am) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: fpscha@schapachnik.com.ar, robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org Subject: Re: suid/sgid programs Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Apr 19, 12:26am, "Fernando P. Schapachnik" wrote: } Subject: Re: suid/sgid programs > En un mensaje anterior Robert Watson escribi˘: > [...] > > We note also that a fairly large chunk of suid/sgid programs are UUCP > > programs -- something that a majority of FreeBSD users (I would guess?) do > > not use. In terms of reducing risk, disabling suid/sgid on these programs > > Don't be so sure. FreeBSD boxes are an excellent choice for UUCP servers. > Actually I have a few running (and planning to install more). I think the point he was making was that most users don't use UUCP, and therefore we shouldn't be shipping UUCP related utilities with set[ug]id bits. Presumably if you can configure UUCP you can use chmod. Niall -- Niall Smart. PGP: finger njs3@motmot.doc.ic.ac.uk FreeBSD: Turning PC's into Workstations: www.freebsd.org Annoy your enemies and astonish your friends: echo "#define if(x) if (!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message