Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 12:10:01 -0800 (PST) From: Marcin =?iso-8859-2?Q?Cie=B6lak?= <saper@system.pl> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/14625: pidentd doesn't work correctly for finger since it will only show the username nobody@ instead of root@ when it's performed by the root user. pidentd works fine for root for all other protocols. It seems like pidentd Message-ID: <199910312010.MAA79744@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/14625; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marcin =?iso-8859-2?Q?Cie=B6lak?= <saper@system.pl>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, vince@pele.WURLDLINK.NET
Cc:
Subject: Re: ports/14625: pidentd doesn't work correctly for finger since it will
only show the username nobody@ instead of root@ when it's performed by
the root user. pidentd works fine for root for all other protocols. It
seems like pidentd
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 21:03:06 +0100
This is a feature of a "finger" client utility, not a bug in any daemon
service.
"finger" utility, when started by root, drops its privileges to
unprivileged
user, most often "nobody" in order to increase security of the system
against for example hostile finger daemons.
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<< Marcin Cieslak // saper@system.pl >>
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