From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Mar 23 14:33:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA03377 for bugs-outgoing; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 14:33:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA03349; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 14:32:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA00950; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 23:32:14 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.6.12) with UUCP id XAA19098; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 23:31:56 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.5/keltia-uucp-2.9) id VAA22763; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:52:51 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <19970323215250.35827@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:52:50 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: Peter Wemm Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, security-officer@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail can't create PID file because of owner permission of /var/run References: <19970323153519.BW27841@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199703231520.XAA05026@spinner.DIALix.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.65,1-4,10,14-18 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3142 Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Peter Wemm: > IMHO, this patch is going 180 degrees in the wrong direction. We should > have the system directories and binaries root:bin and not group writeable. > NFS access makes uid and gid bin far too vulnerable. Some people (including me) have been asking for this change for *years*. Please someone do it ! -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #39: Sun Feb 2 22:12:44 CET 1997