Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:01:40 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Cc: mpp@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1882 Message-ID: <Mutt.19970223140140.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199702231229.NAA16824@gvr.win.tue.nl>; from Guido van Rooij on Feb 23, 1997 13:29:27 %2B0100 References: <Mutt.19970223015009.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199702231229.NAA16824@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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As Guido van Rooij wrote: > > (I don't thinkt it's a security flaw, since the default /etc/group > > ships with just root in group wheel.) > > Neither do I. The behaviour has always been that if wheel is empty, > su will be possible for anyone. Are you sure? The PR (see subject) seems to tell otherwise, and even suggests a patch to get exact this behaviour. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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