Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:43:02 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Doscmd Message-ID: <200002161643.JAA11128@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:35:35 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> Matt Heckaman writes: : Maybe he meant that someone might want to run it setuid under certain : circumstances, that would make for a better reason, other than the : priciple of the matter =) Yes. I agree completely. The whole reason that it isn't set*id anything is that it is unsafe and insecure to do that. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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