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- From: Frank@mindlink.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: setuid traceroute?
- Message-ID: <14879@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 04:07:33 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- When a non-superuser attempts to run traceroute under SCO Unix the result is:
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- traceroute: icmp socket: Permission denied
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- I am considering making this program setuid root. Are there any side effects I
- should consider before doing this?
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- Frank.
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