[5371] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat4.0 security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Wed Nov 20 23:19:26 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:15:43 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: kbf@phy.duke.edu
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961120221405.457C-100000@babylon5.ea.org>
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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Kyle Ferrio wrote:
> What version of 'find' are you using? If you're using the gnu find that
> ships with Colgate, then you should be using (as root)
>
> find / -perm +4000 -uid 0
>
> I also find a bunch of suid root programs on my system, but I know why the
> overwhelming majority of them need to be. Admittedly, there are few that
> I don't know as much about as I should. I wonder what
> that /usr/sbin/backdoor could be? :) :) :)
OK - please can someone suggest which directories we need to be concerned
at - there are *lots* of files that are found this way (like fonts...)?
Cleaning this sort of thing up is a very important issue!
Robert Hart iweft@ipax.com.au
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