Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:00:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uucp user shell and home directory Message-ID: <200110011800.f91I0u053253@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200110011751.f91HpW8f014902@atg.aciworldwide.com> References: <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> <20011001173343.D57416@sunbay.com> <200110011751.f91HpW8f014902@atg.aciworldwide.com>
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<<On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:51:32 -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com> said: > And you should *never* allow remote site UUCP logins (those that run > uucico) under the `uucp' login, for obvious security reasons. I remember, back in the mists of ancient time, it was common practice to provide ``anonymous UUCP'' service along the lines of anonymous FTP in (what was at that time) ARPANET. I find it hard to imagine anyone doing so today, but OTOH I find it hard to imagine anyone using UUCP at all today, so it is obviously my imagination which has failed rather than reality. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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