[5461] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat4.0 security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Troan)
Thu Nov 21 17:25:20 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:05:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Otto Hammersmith wrote:
> I'd like to point out that it's still a good idea to use the find
> command to, 1) find setuid binaries not installed with rpm, and 2) to
> see if there are any binaryes that are setuid that ought not to be.
> It'd be pretty silly to trust the RPM database on the machine, if
> you're sworried that i's been broken into.
Very true -- if you're worried about a system that may have been compromised
you should definitely use find.
Erik
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