From owner-freebsd-security Thu Sep 19 17:50:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3513E37B401; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wso-h001.wsonline.net (12-254-8-189.client.attbi.com [12.254.8.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 913F743E4A; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:50:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from seahorse51@attbi.com) Received: from seahorse.attbi.com (trilluser@seahorse [192.168.1.101]) by wso-h001.wsonline.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8K0oS55003159; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:50:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from seahorse51@attbi.com) Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.0.20020919154959.02f7b008@mail.seahorse.wsonline.net> X-Sender: seahorse@mail.seahorse.wsonline.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:00:58 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org From: Andy Subject: options SUIDDIR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have been researching the use of "options SUDIDIR" in the kernel. I have noted several warnings about the use of this option being a security issue, but I have as of yet to read or see any explanation as to what kind of security issue its use represents. Any assistance in an explanation concerning this would be very much appreciated. Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message