Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 10:35:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Pechter <pechter@lakewood.com> To: jonz@netrail.net (Jonathan A. Zdziarski) Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setuid shutdown? Message-ID: <199708031435.KAA02364@i4got.lakewood.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970803100305.4197B-100000@netrail.net> from "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" at "Aug 3, 97 10:05:45 am"
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> I just realized that my version of freebsd 2.2.2 installs with a > set-uid-root shutdown command allowing anybody who wants to to shutdown or > reboot the server. Obviously I removed the bits, and got rid of the > problem, but you might all want to check that. I currently have sudo > installed, and am able to unsuid quite a few other programs and run them > under sudo (which logs nicely what my employees are doing too). > -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 151552 Jun 10 13:59 /sbin/shutdown According to the permissions only root and members of the operator group can do shutdown with this version of shutdown (2.2.2-RELEASE) Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 | 908-389-3592 pechter@lakewood.com | Save computing history, give an old geek old hardware. This msg brought to you by the letters PDP and the number 11.home | help
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