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Date:      Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:37:06 +0200
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
To:        Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc.bsdextended: am I misunderstanding this..?
Message-ID:  <20050411153706.GA62233@stack.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0504111434030.18516@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.61.0504111434030.18516@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>

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On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 02:45:31PM +0100, Jan Grant wrote:
> Can someone clear something up for me?

> [[[
> # For apache to read user files, the ruleadd must give
> # it permissions by default.
> ####
> ${CMD} add subject uid 80 object not uid 80 mode rxws;
> ${CMD} add subject gid 80 object not gid 80 mode rxws;
> ]]]

> Doesn't the above mean that an apache user (eg, user-supplied CGI 
> process, PHP script, etc) has the ability to read (and write!) anything 
> in the filesystem?

MAC restrictions apply in addition to normal restrictions, i.e. an
access is allowed only if both the normal filesystem permissions and
ugidfw permit it.

-- 
Jilles Tjoelker



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