Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 02:52:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interesting problem: chowning files sent via FTP Message-ID: <199904100752.CAA21374@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990409184654.045424d0@localhost> from "Brett Glass" at "Apr 9, 1999 7: 9:23 pm"
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> Is this so? I was under the impression that the default group of a > new file was the login group of the creator, as specified in /etc/passwd. The group by default is the group of the directory. No sgid need to be set on the directory. I've been using this in FreeBSD for a few years. In System V (Irix) - it's different. Just an idea for the secure files transfer - "scp" (ssh) - it allows to to transfer everything securely. ssh can be used to delete the files. Igor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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