From owner-freebsd-security Mon Apr 12 12:31:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A7A14E95 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:31:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA26808; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:28:42 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.32.19990412132649.043b7350@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.32 (Beta) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:28:39 -0600 To: Igor Roshchin From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Interesting problem: chowning files sent via FTP Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199904100752.CAA21374@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> References: <4.2.0.32.19990409184654.045424d0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As I understand it, SSH is encumbered by a license that requires you to pay big bucks unless you're an individual or a non-profit. I'd need to build the protocol into the specialized client software, too, which also isn't allowed by the license. If it were BSD-licensed, it wouldn't be a problem. --Brett At 02:52 AM 4/10/99 -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message