Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:52:50 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, security-officer@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail can't create PID file because of owner permission of /var/run Message-ID: <19970323215250.35827@keltia.freenix.fr> References: <19970323153519.BW27841@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199703231520.XAA05026@spinner.DIALix.COM>
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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
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