From owner-freebsd-security Thu Aug 17 07:59:11 1995 Return-Path: security-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA16983 for security-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 07:59:11 -0700 Received: from strider.ibenet.it ([194.179.130.1]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA16956 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 07:58:58 -0700 Received: (from piero@localhost) by strider.ibenet.it (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA00714; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:59:15 +0200 From: Piero Serini Message-Id: <199508171459.QAA00714@strider.ibenet.it> Subject: Re: Login hole To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:59:14 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: terry@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de, security@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9508171314.AA03564@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> from "Sean Kelly" at Aug 17, 95 07:14:13 am Reply-To: Piero@strider.ibenet.it Operating-System: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 X-Phone-Number: +39 (2) 58113562 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 575 Sender: security-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello. Quoting from Sean Kelly (Thu Aug 17 15:14:13 1995): ... > in /. Some of my users find this behavior convenient ... if the NFS > server for their home directories is down, they can still read mail. Yes, it's ok, it's not a security hole, as a normal user can do no more harm this way than (s)he can do loggin in with his/her usual home. Bye, -- # $Id: .signature,v 1.12 1995/08/14 12:10:54 piero Exp $ Piero Serini Via Giambologna, 1 I 20136 Milano - ITALY