Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 23:36:49 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, andreas@klemm.gtn.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970719233540.869J-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199707191241.OAA28753@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
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On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Wolfgang Helbig wrote: > > Yes, but the question stands - why is it setup this way? What is gained > > by having binaries (and important directories) owned by bin instead of > > root? > > More security? setuid / setgid will give you the powers of bin > only, not of root. If you gain access to bin, you can write a tojan 'ls', or other command likely to be run by root. Danny
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