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- From: strat@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Davis)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: Can "normal" users mount under Solaris 2.X
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 19:36:43 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- jdf@intcorp.mn.org (Joel D. Flatt) writes:
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- >Under SunOS 4.X I was able to allow non-root users to mount and umount
- >filesystems by having them execute the [u]mount command in a shell
- >script where the owner of the script is root and the setuid bit is set.
- >This does not appear to work for Solaris 2.1.
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- Let me speak for the large number of people who are rolling at present
- to mention (once again) that if you are stupid enough to make a setuid
- root script world executable on your box, you are INVITING people to
- break root (even by accident) and do horrible things to your file
- system. Just say no to setuid.
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- Stratocaster
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- Steve Davis (I'm a student, not a spokesperson!)
- strat@cis.ksu.edu - Kansas State University - Manhattan KS
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