From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jul 16 07:40:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA28893 for security-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 07:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.181]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA28885 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 07:40:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from emu.fsl.noaa.gov (kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.60.32]) by gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA26856; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 14:40:15 GMT Message-Id: <199607161440.OAA26856@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA107078045; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:40:45 -0600 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:40:45 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: taob@io.org Cc: explorer@flame.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: (message from Brian Tao on Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:37:14 -0400 (EDT)) Subject: Re: suidness of /usr/bin/login Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Brian" == Brian Tao 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/