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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:08:41 -0500
From:      Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu>
To:        Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: suidperl ? (Was: Examining FBSD set[ug]ids and their use)
Message-ID:  <19991104130841.F9083@osaka.louisville.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199911041601.KAA10471@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.991103204049.39149B-100000@fledge.watson.org> <199911041601.KAA10471@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>

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On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 10:01:54AM -0600, Igor Roshchin wrote:
> 
> Question:
>   Does anything in FreeBSD 3.x depend on suidperl being suid ?
> 
> Would anything break in the system and/or system utilities if
> it is stripped off ?

I routinely set the NOSUIDPERL flag in /etc/make.conf and delete the
suidperl and sperl binaries.  I've yet to notice any system breakage resulting
from it.

Regards,
--Keith Stevenson--

-- 
Keith Stevenson
System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville
k.stevenson@louisville.edu
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