Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 01:29:28 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: ru@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifmcstat(8) setgidness Message-ID: <20010627082928.47C933E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20010627111440.F2097@sunbay.com>; from ru@FreeBSD.ORG on "Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:14:40 %2B0300"
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:04:07PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Is there a particular reason, other than the desire for more setgid > > programs, that ifmcstat(8) is setgid kmem? It seems that there's no > > reason anyone but root would want to use it, anyway. OpenBSD and > > NetBSD already nuked its setgid bit; any reason why we shouldn't > > follow suit? > > > $ ifmcstat > kvm_openfiles: Permission denied I don't follow. Yes, it needs access to kmem to work. However, I don't see why anyone other than root would need to run it, so why is it setgid? root can access kmem either way. > > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, > ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, > ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, > +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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