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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:32:53 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        "Harry M. Leitzell" <Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Curious about 'hoststat' 
Message-ID:  <43892.922782773@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Mar 1999 02:02:24 EST." <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990330015216.2230A-100000@unix8.andrew.cmu.edu> 

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> 	Well, I am going through a FreeBSD machine and removing the suid
> bits on programs that have no purpose having them for a simple user host
> machine.  Going through /var/log/setuid.today and changing the permissions
> on the programs seems like a good idea until I got to 'hoststat'.

Look at the inode number - it's the same file as /usr/sbin/sendmail.
It's just there as a convenient hook.

- Jordan


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