From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 1 23:13:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA09596 for security-outgoing; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 23:13:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from psychotic.communica.com.au (gw.communica.com.au [203.8.94.161]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA09588 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 23:13:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from communica.com.au (newton@frenzy [192.82.222.65]) by psychotic.communica.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA01350; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:32:04 +0930 Received: by communica.com.au (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA15420; Tue, 1 Oct 96 09:31:21 CST From: newton@communica.com.au (Mark Newton) Message-Id: <9610010001.AA15420@communica.com.au> Subject: Re: setuid programs in freebsd To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:31:21 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Marc Slemko" at Sep 29, 96 09:55:48 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Marc Slemko wrote: > 91 168 -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 86016 Jul 16 20:34 ./usr/sbin/ppp > > USE: Establish ppp connections using kernel level ppp. > > 92 128 -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 65536 Jul 16 20:34 ./usr/sbin/pppd > > USE: Establishing ppp connections using user level ppp. These two are the wrong way around: pppd is for kernel PPP. /usr/sbin/ppp is the ijppp user PPP executable (the one that uses the tun devices) - mark [ nitpicky, I know - Others have made many other worthy suggestions already ] --- Mark Newton Email: newton@communica.com.au Systems Engineer Phone: +61-8-8373-2523 Communica Systems WWW: http://www.communica.com.au