From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 2 19: 6:22 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 19:06:17 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C07537B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 19:06:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from dougy (dougy.apana.org.au [203.3.126.131]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f032wlM20066; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:58:47 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <00cb01c07532$13c13e60$837e03cb@dougy> From: "Doug Young" To: "Jason Halbert" , , References: <62.aa1e4b9.2783dd01@aol.com> <009101c0752a$3e873b20$566933d8@xps> Subject: Re: Security Problem Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:05:48 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00C8_01C07585.E3E48B80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00C8_01C07585.E3E48B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sudo is an application that allows a sysadmin to give a user access to = selected commands. It does not require granting full "su" rights in order to allow a user = to run something normally=20 run as "root". I've not heard of any security "features" but check on = that area yourself ....don't=20 take it as gospel that there aren't any.=20 I think sudo is available as both a sysinstall package & as a port = ....... never looked for source =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jason Halbert=20 To: JonMS2010@aol.com ; dougy@bryden.apana.org.au ; = questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Security Problem What is sudo? And add host.allow/deny lines to what exactly? --- Jason jason@jason-n3xt.org ----- Original Message -----=20 From: JonMS2010@aol.com=20 To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au ; res02jw5@gte.net ; = questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 7:40 PM Subject: Re: Security Problem Sudo has several issues security-wise, many of which are FreeBSD = related.=20 However, I will keep this e-mail in my box and will send more = information=20 about the security holes, etc. in it when I find some suitable = URL's. --=20 Jonathan M. Slivko=20 --=20 Jonathan M. Slivko =20 Website: http://hometown.aol.com/JonMS2010=20 FreeBSD -- The Power To Serve!=20 "Microsoft? Is that some kind of toilet paper?"=20 --=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00C8_01C07585.E3E48B80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sudo is an application that allows a = sysadmin to=20 give a user access to selected commands.
It does not require granting full "su" = rights in=20 order to allow a user to run something normally 
run as "root".  I've not heard of = any security=20 "features" but check on that area yourself ....don't
take it as gospel that there aren't=20 any. 
 
I think sudo is available as both a = sysinstall=20 package & as a port ....... never looked for source=20   
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Jason = Halbert=20
To: JonMS2010@aol.com ; dougy@bryden.apana.org.au = ; questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, = 2001 12:09=20 PM
Subject: Re: Security = Problem

What is sudo?
And add host.allow/deny lines to what = exactly?
 
---
Jason
jason@jason-n3xt.org
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 JonMS2010@aol.com
To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au = ; res02jw5@gte.net ;=20 questions@freebsd.org =
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, = 2001 7:40=20 PM
Subject: Re: Security = Problem

Sudo has several issues security-wise, many of = which are=20 FreeBSD related.
However, I will keep this e-mail in my box and = will=20 send more information
about the security holes, etc. in it when = I find=20 some suitable URL's. --
Jonathan M. Slivko

-- =
Jonathan M.=20 Slivko <JonMS2010@AOL.COM>=20
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/JonMS2= 010=20
FreeBSD -- The Power To Serve!

"Microsoft? Is that some = kind of=20 toilet paper?"
-- =
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