Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:45:14 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: John-David Childs <jdc@denver.net> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please explain why this is a security hole in /etc/daily Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970814093912.10046A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19970812232708.44622@denver.net>
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On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, John-David Childs wrote:
> On Tuesday August 1997, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
> had this to say about "Re: Please explain why this is a security hole
> in /etc/daily":
>
> > John-David Childs wrote:
> > >
> > > happens next if the "action" is "rm -f {} \;" :=)
> >
> > the symlink gets deleted?
>
> The file pointed to by the symlink (/etc/master.passwd) gets deleted.
The security problem John-David describes is only true if you've got a
symlink that points to a directory *AND* the `find' has a -follow.
Otherwise only the symlink gets deleted (as Julian describes).
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