From owner-freebsd-security Tue May 26 19:43:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22348 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 19:43:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA22320 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 19:42:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA02758; Tue, 26 May 1998 18:36:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805270136.SAA02758@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: dg@root.com cc: Mike Smith , James Flemer , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: imapd_4.1b.txt In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 19:30:08 PDT." <199805270230.TAA04252@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:36:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > >Does imapd not run as root from /etc/inetd.conf? The binary is not > >setuid in the package tarball... > > If it is run as root, then the core file will be owned by root with no > permissions for group or other, so you'd have to be root to read it. ... and if it changes UID to manipulate your mail folders, it will no longer drop a core. Ok, it sounds like the door is closed on that one. Do I feel sorry for Mark Crispin? 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message