Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:17:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Warner Losh <imp@rover.village.org>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file Message-ID: <199707221417.IAA04808@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <19970722073711.20412@gtn.com> References: <199707212106.OAA11898@phaeton.artisoft.com> <E0wqQHZ-0002PY-00@rover.village.org> <199707212214.QAA02162@rocky.mt.sri.com> <19970722073711.20412@gtn.com>
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> > > Files owned by root are harder to change via NFS.... > > > > Ahh, you said the dirty word, NFS. NFS stands for 'No Freaking > > Security', so if you're using NFS, you've already given up any chance of > > security. ... > Or are you arguing, there is no reason to make it any better > secure, by changing file permissions, because you think it's > insecure(tm) ?! ;-)) Yep. Changing the locks on the back-door of your house while leaving the front-door wide open is a false sense of security. Nate
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