Re: bin ownership problem

Karl Strickland (karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 20 May 1994 00:21:39 +0100 (BST)

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> we had to change the setuid to bin when we changed the ownership of /etc
> to bin. Otherwise you couldn't use chesstool to break root :-) :-)
> 
> (that was a joke for the smiley impaired btw)

best one I've heard all week :-))

> Lesson;
> Watch out for setuid/setgid programs that allow a shell escape :-) :-\ :-|

And those that dont :-)

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