Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 10:55:29 -0400 From: James Halstead <James_Bond_79@yahoo.com> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com>, Bernd Walter <ticso@mail.cicely.de>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uucp user shell and home directory Message-ID: <200110061455.f96EtsH23886@mailout6.nyroc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <3BBEC328.BBA18D7C@mindspring.com> References: <ticso@mail.cicely.de> <20011005130234.B79332@xor.obsecurity.org> <3BBEC328.BBA18D7C@mindspring.com>
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Okay, I hope putting my $.02 in here does not get me into this war. I just have a comment/concern. Taking uucp out of the system will leave a security hole around will it not?. Actually I think this will make it worse. Now the users (unless they install a fresh system) are left with the uucp binaries in their base system. Since there is nothing in /usr/src to update them with they will remain there, in whatever state, untill they realize this and take them out manually (even an UPDATING entry might not be noticed). Even after installing the port will these binaries not remain? I see it can copy the old configuration files over but does it remove the old binaries? Please don't get me involved in this debate, I just had these concerns that I did not notice getting addressed. If they were and I did not see it then I apologize. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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