From owner-freebsd-security Thu Feb 15 0:31:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E7D37B401 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:31:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 14TJoq-0000KA-00; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:31:16 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id KAA04884; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:31:14 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 4662; Thu Feb 15 10:30:08 2001 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14TJnk-00030f-00; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:30:08 +0200 To: "Sean Roth" Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftpd permissions question In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:06:33 EST." Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:30:08 +0200 Message-ID: <11572.982225808@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> From: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:06:33 EST, "Sean Roth" wrote: > I have a system configured with a user account (johndoe for the sake of = > conversation) who is in the operator group. This is not a good idea, as group operator is allowed to do things like shut the system down. Accounts used to access the system via insecure protocols should not be given high priveleges. Use guest or a unique group name. The rest of your questions are better asked of the freebsd-questions mailing list. Good luck! Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message