From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jul 9 15:59: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACC9150D9 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 15:58:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA05987; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:58:43 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id QAA22095; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:56:38 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199907092256.QAA22095@harmony.village.org> To: Gustavo V G C Rios Subject: Re: suid/guid Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , security@FreeBSD.ORG, bos-owner-br@sekure.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 18:22:36 -0300." <3786681C.3882C645@tdnet.com.br> References: <3786681C.3882C645@tdnet.com.br> <3784D440.1075EFB3@tdnet.com.br> <199907091622.KAA20280@harmony.village.org> <199907091658.KAA20551@harmony.village.org> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 16:56:38 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <3786681C.3882C645@tdnet.com.br> Gustavo V G C Rios writes: : A good approach would be to design software in which no special : privilegies should be required for common users use it. Generally that is the approach that has been taken. However, before the big push for these things, programs had been written with the group operator fuynctionality in mind... Hmmm, maybe that is a good way to partion things in /etc/make.conf... : In 5 words: DENY every thing by default. All things not explicitly allowed are forbidden. :-) I believe that in 1984 by George Orwell it was stated as "All things not compusory are forbidden" but I no longer have quick access to that book to check on the accuracy of the quote. We certainly don't wan to get into the Animal Farm (also by George Orwell) situation where all animals are created equal, its just that some animals are more equal than others... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message