Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 10:11:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: W.Belgers@nl.cis.philips.com (Walter Belgers) To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1226: permissions binaries directories Message-ID: <199605210811.KAA00792@giga.lss.cp.philips.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199605210820.BAA07480@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1226 >Category: bin >Synopsis: binaries directories owned by bin, not root >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 21 01:20:02 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Walter Belgers >Organization: Ir. W.H.B. Belgers work: W.Belgers@nl.cis.philips.com Origin Corporate Internet Services home: walter@giga.nl Bldg VN 513, PO Box 218, 5600MD Ehv phone/fax: (+31 40 27) 82753/83962 >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: >Description: The directories /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin are all owned by bin, group bin. This makes it possible for anybody with bin privileges to become root easily. It is best to make them owned root.wheel. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: chown root.wheel /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: Walter Belgers
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