Date: 13 Jun 1999 22:52:35 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: "Jason L. Schwab" <jschwab@royal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reading files. Message-ID: <xzpzp23g6wc.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: "Jason L. Schwab"'s message of "Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:46:37 -0600 (MDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906131445410.7278-100000@fkr.dynip.com>
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"Jason L. Schwab" <jschwab@royal.net> writes:
> I heard that there is a way to read any file on a freebsd system as a
> normal non-root user.. is this true? if so can some one give me some info
> on this? thanks.
Not that we know of, but it's damn hard to say anything without more
information.
For instance, if you su'ed to root and typed:
# chmod u+s /bin/cat
then your statement ("there is a way to read any file on a freebsd
system as a normal non-root user") would be true of that particular
machine.
DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no
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