Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:14:22 -0300 From: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios <grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: assembly Message-ID: <36D1744E.C5892F52@netshell.vicosa.com.br> References: <36D0DE0C.50AD0AD9@netshell.vicosa.com.br> <19990222175828.F93492@lemis.com>
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So no system is secure, if you have a shell account and an assembler to use, right ? Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 22 February 1999 at 1:33:16 -0300, Gustavo Vieira G C Rios wrote: > > CAn i write a program using assembly to read/write mster.passwd file > > That depends on your ability. Of course it's possible. But why do > that when you can write absolute binary into a file with an editor? > > > i would not use any API to perform such a action! > > Why not? Anyway, even assembly uses the system API. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key -- I use UNIX because reboots are for hardware upgrades. You use windowze because the guy on TV told you to ... Gustavo Rios - UNIX System Admin. - UIN 27456973 +---------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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