Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 07:41:50 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file Message-ID: <19970722074150.52808@gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970721151455.28740J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>; from Jaye Mathisen on Mon, Jul 21, 1997 at 03:19:33PM -0700 References: <199707212106.OAA11898@phaeton.artisoft.com> <Pine.NEB.3.95.970721151455.28740J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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On Mon, Jul 21, 1997 at 03:19:33PM -0700, Jaye Mathisen wrote:
>
> Well, just to throw in my 2 bits, I don't really care who owns it, because
> if root is compromised, who gives a flying leap about files being bin.bin,
> your system is still open.
Ok, true, but we don't speak about an already compromised server machine,
we speak about a server machine, that might be less compromised, by
giving the files other permissions.
Ok, I also agree, that it's not a fine thing to do the following:
server: /etc/exports /usr rw=client1
server: /etc/hosts.equiv client1
But if someone would do so who is not such a security freak, it
would help, that the machine isn't crashed within minutes ...
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