Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:45:57 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: mbac@mmap.nyct.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Permissions on crontab.. Message-ID: <200101171045.aa30069@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:37:41 %2B0200." <20010117123740.Q364@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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> ..or did you mean some kind of unintended/faulty behavior? Yes, I ment unintended. > running crontab setgid does open a window of opportunity for errors, > but no more, I think, than running it setuid, as it currently is. True - but I'd say it provides a false sense of security, which might be more damaging than the extra security provided against read-only exploits in crontab. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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