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Date:      Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:27:01 -0500 (EST)
From:      Hetzels@aol.com
To:        marcs@znep.com
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Apache FrontPage Module Port Completed
Message-ID:  <971029102701_817384728@mrin42.mail.aol.com>

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In a message dated 97-10-28 18:04:18 EST, marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko)
writes:

> And as I have said before and just said again in response to the PR
>  submitting the port, this port also gives anyone instant root on your
>  system.  If that isn't desirable to you, I would suggest you hold off on
>  using this port right now.
>  
It doesn't give instant root, as it checks for uid < 11 & gid < 21 and
rejects them. Also, it will only run 4 programs (shtml.exe, fpcount.exe,
author.exe, or admin.exe), but before it runs them, it will change to the
owner of the directory that it is working in.

Scot


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