[2965] in bugtraq
Re: HPUX sam_exec
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew G. Harrigan)
Thu Jul 18 22:20:59 1996
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 19:02:19 -0700
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
From: "Matthew G. Harrigan" <mharrigan@cisco.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
>I sniffed the thing, and it doesn't look like the password is used at all
>during any of the transactions -- a .rhosts file gets installed in the
>sam_exec home dir
right. which is exactly why sam_exec need not even exist....
It is a stupid hacky concept that they held onto for some reason.
Just so you all know... I have had no response from hp re: sam_exec.
Perhaps if someone were to login to www.hp.com as such and
edit serverroot/index.html to post a "request" :).
Matt
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