Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 22:15:40 +0100 (MET) From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Temporary passwd files in /etc? Message-ID: <199601282115.WAA18393@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960128130513.29165A-100000@zap.io.org> from "Brian Tao" at "Jan 28, 96 01:07:03 pm"
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It seems that Brian Tao said: > -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 612563 Jan 25 19:06 pw.021282~ > pw.021282~ is a world readable/writeable copy of the master.passwd > file. How did either of those files get there? Do the serial numbers > on them look familiar to anyone (pids?). Yes, you're using vipw with EDITOR/VISUAL=emacs and you have a umask problem. It should not be 666. I have a cron job that wipe them every day but they're always 600 ! -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #1: Sun Jan 14 20:23:45 MET 1996
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