From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 4 10: 9:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu [136.165.1.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806D21568B for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 10:09:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from k.stevenson@louisville.edu) Received: from osaka.louisville.edu (osaka.louisville.edu [136.165.1.114]) by erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C24724D03; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:08:42 -0500 (EST) Received: by osaka.louisville.edu (Postfix, from userid 15) id C3AEB18605; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:08:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:08:41 -0500 From: Keith Stevenson To: Igor Roshchin Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suidperl ? (Was: Examining FBSD set[ug]ids and their use) Message-ID: <19991104130841.F9083@osaka.louisville.edu> References: <199911041601.KAA10471@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <199911041601.KAA10471@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message