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Date:      Sun, 05 Aug 2001 15:50:20 +0100
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libopie Makefile 
Message-ID:  <200108051450.f75EoKZ04397@grimreaper.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <20010805040537.A37278@nagual.pp.ru> ; from "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>  "Sun, 05 Aug 2001 04:05:38 %2B0400."
References:  <20010805040537.A37278@nagual.pp.ru> 

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> Just an example, how to go over false security restrictions: opiekey is
> userland program and don't use any system files. If system admin restrict
> -f (as you do currently as system default), any user can compile opiekey
> from sources without this restriction. Or ask somebody to compile. All
> this leads to unofficial opiekey for FreeBSD distribution appearse from
> user community.

You are slowly winning me over.

HOWEVER - this is is an argument for having (only) opiekey have
the secure TTY restriction lifted, and OPIE currently does not
compile like that. Agreed that that may be a bug that needs fixing
in its own right.

M
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Mark Murray
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