[15191] in bugtraq
Re: bind running as root in Mandrake 7.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew L . Davis)
Sun Jun 4 21:42:59 2000
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Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 17:39:01 -0400
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From: "Andrew L . Davis" <adavis@THREKSTUN.NET>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006031555490.8877-100000@linuxserver.it-xchange.com>; from nico@MONNET.TO on Sat, Jun 03,
2000 at 04:03:51PM +0200
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 04:03:51PM +0200, Nicolas MONNET wrote:
> bind is run as user / group 'root' in Mandrake 7.0, and probably in
> Redhat6.x as well.
Debian Slink and Potato (frozen) both install BIND 8.2.2R5 as root.
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