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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:00:17 +1000 (EST)
From:      Peter Jeremy <Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: suid/sgid programs
Message-ID:  <199804200000.KAA16875@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>

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On Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:09:43 +0000, Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> wrote:
>  lpd can be root.wheel 770 and immediately
>setuid to "lp" after opening the socket.
This means that lpd may not be able to read the user's file.  Either
lpr has to always copy the file to be printed (which is slow and may
mean lots of spool space), or you can only print world-readable files.

Peter

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