Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Darryl Wagoner <darryl-prv@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /sbin /usr/sbin security hole
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:05:53
Message-Id: 3cc642bc0601170601p11599fa7k290875d5531f4122@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /sbin /usr/sbin security hole by Frank Groeneveld
1 Nysander,
2
3 If you are running a server where untrusted users have access then you
4 really need
5 to understand Linux security better. I would read some books on Linux
6 security if that is
7 the case.
8
9 Good luck
10 Darryl
11
12 On 1/17/06, Frank Groeneveld <frankgroeneveld@×××××.com> wrote:
13 >
14 > Hi,
15 >
16 > You probably have /sbin/shutdown set suid, because on all my Gentoo
17 > boxes, normal users can't run it, only root can run it. (Permission
18 > denied). What is the output of ls -al /sbin/?
19 >
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23 --
24 Darryl Wagoner - WA1GON
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26 "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke [1729-1797]