Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 23:21:11 -0800 From: Brian Litzinger <brian@mpress.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Is a device entry setuid to root a security issue? Message-ID: <19970318232111.57970@mpress.mpress.com>
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amanda (the tape backup program) just puked today because ERROR: home.xxx.com: [can not read/write /dev/null: Permission denied] So I took a peek: brian@home>ls -ld /dev/null cr-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 2, 2 Dec 10 17:45 /dev/null* Is this a security risk? -- Brian Litzinger brian@mediacity.com
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