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Date:      Sun, 9 Sep 2001 05:48:14 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        dillon@earth.backplane.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Multiple vendor 'Taylor UUCP' problems.
Message-ID:  <20010909054814.B34319@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20010908181652H.jkh@freebsd.org>
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20010908153417.0286b4b8@192.168.0.12> <200109082103.f88L3fK29117@earth.backplane.com> <20010908181652H.jkh@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 18:16:52 -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> Hmmmm.  Stripping the suid bit I can understand, but what's really

I can not. It breaks uu* functionality.

> bought by making it immutable?  I'm also truly loath to accept any

By making them immutable we prevent overwritting uu* binaries by "uucp"
user. I think it is good move.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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