[4497] in bugtraq
Re: Reminder for ppl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Kimminau)
Mon May 19 03:08:03 1997
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 02:36:29 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Kimminau <root@DOSGOD.MI.ORG>
From: Eric Kimminau <root@DOSGOD.MI.ORG>
X-To: mcn@EnGarde.com
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199705161552.JAA08354@riposte.EnGarde.com>
IP Forwarding is a kernel tunable which, once changed, requires building
a new kernel, then booting it. Did you do this?
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Totally unrelated bug information rmeoved.
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You should also be very aware that there are at least several
"versions" of 5.3 that will run on any Indy.
BTW, since SUID shell scripts are diabled by default on every SGI, you must
have enabled them for your exploit to work.
1# systune | grep uid
nosuidshells = 1 (0x1)
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