[5358] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat4.0 security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Borg)
Wed Nov 20 21:31:44 1996
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:29:12 -0800
From: Borg <see_address@in_my.signature>
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Chris Evans wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On my redhat4.0 system, a "find / -perm 4000" lists an awful lot of suid
> programs. Some sound highly dubious. How many of these have been scrutinised
> for security holes?
?? Nothing like that is found on my system where
all permissions are default ones except pppd:
[root@borg /]# find / -perm 4000
[root@borg /]#
[snip]
I agree with the log thing. They should not be world
readable and I once already expressed my point of view on the
matter on this list.
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