[1971] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: security hole in Linux-Athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Sun Jan 4 00:08:56 1998
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jan 1998 00:04:53 EST."
<199801040504.AAA29651@the-light-fantastic.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 00:08:36 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> Multi-user security on Athena machines is a joke. Don't put yourself
> out too much when you find a new way to get root. (Not that this is a
> new way.)
I realize it's not a new way. It would just be nice if things that
obvious and that well know were fixed in the default install configuration...
