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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!VESOFT
  2. From: VESOFT@cup.portal.com (Michael D Hensley)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
  4. Subject: root-owned world-writable files
  5. Message-ID: <62524@cup.portal.com>
  6. Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 10:27:28 PDT
  7. Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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  10. COPS doesn't seem to report ALL root-owned world-writable files.
  11.  
  12. Agree/disagree/discussion: Any root-owned world-writable file should be
  13. considered a potential security loophole.
  14.  
  15. What do you think?
  16.