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Date:      Sat, 19 Jul 1997 19:55:57 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file
Message-ID:  <19970719195557.20490@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <15406.869308066@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Sat, Jul 19, 1997 at 12:27:46PM %2B0200
References:  <19970719120826.19772@gtn.com> <15406.869308066@verdi.nethelp.no>

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According to sthaug@nethelp.no:
> 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?

See the archive of at least hackers & security for many discussions about
this. I've patched by bsd.own.mk and mtree/* files to makes everything
owned by root.wheel. Nothing is gained IMO by using bin.bin and it is
making easier to put a trojan somewhere.

Patch available.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #22: Sun Jul 13 22:07:09 CEST 1997



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