Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 15:59:41 +0000 (GMT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tty_snoop: why check uid? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970606155814.23542A-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199706050254.WAA20216@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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Check out the "sudo" program in ports... You can give certain people root privs on the programs (like snoop) you desire. Charles On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > > >> Why does the snp device check to make sure that the user invoking it > >> is root, instead of letting the admin set the permissions on the > >> device to whatever he feels appropriate? > > Because if the tty snoop is not root, he/she soon will be. It is better > >not to fool yourself, and give the root password to all snoop users. > > I do. And I wanted to get around having to use 'su' for this operation. > > -- > http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu > All my opinions are my own, not the Free Software Foundation's. > > Second law of programming: > Anything that can go wrong wi > sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped >
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