Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:40:45 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: taob@io.org Cc: explorer@flame.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: suidness of /usr/bin/login Message-ID: <199607161440.OAA26856@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960716003624.8904L-100000@zap.io.org> (message from Brian Tao on Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:37:14 -0400 (EDT))
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>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Tao <taob@io.org> writes: >> you can always use ``login foo'' and that is supposed to let >> someone else log in, kinda in mid session and all. Brian> Hmmm... that's hardly ever done, at least around here. Brian> "exec telnet localhost" would serve the same purpose Except that telnet allocates a pty while keeping the current tty/pty in use. After while, you might run out. Or not. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
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