Re: IRIX 5.2 Security Advisory - Mystery Solved
Martin Hargreaves (mjh25920@ggr.co.uk)
Thu, 11 Aug 1994 10:40:59 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 11 Aug 1994, Ian Hoyle wrote:
> At 1:02 AM 11/8/94, Martin Hargreaves wrote:
> >
> > /usr/sbin/PrintStatus runs suid root, and calls sgihelp. F1 isn't
> >needed you can just hit the help button.
>
> Hmmm, I thought it was suid lp.
>
> ian
Yes you're right, my mistake. Sorry. However:
% uname -a
IRIX uk6xxxxx 5.2 02282015 IP19 mips
% ls -l /usr/sbin/printers
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root sys 181768 Mar 10 20:08 /usr/sbin/printers
So I was almost right, this program also calls sgihelp (which is
renamed on our systems)
On this thread does anyone know why gr_osview in IRIX 4.x and 5.x is
suid root, when osview (the non-graphical version) is sgid sys?
Martin.
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