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On Tuesday 10 August 2004 03:06 CET Alex Efros wrote: |
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> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 6108 éÀÌ 24 08:52 |
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> /usr/kde/3.2/bin/kpac_dhcp_helper |
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> I don't know what's this. I'm not surprised by two other suid progs - |
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> "pty helpers", one for KDE and one for Gnome, but this one isn't |
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> looks really needed to be suid..? |
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That one is AFAIK a very tiny helper to make WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Configure) |
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work. With WPAD it's possible to find the proxy on your current network |
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automagically, one of these methods include DHCP options (see [1] for more |
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infos). To use DHCP, you need to listen on port 68 (or was it that you |
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need to send raw packets? can't really remember) for which you need to be |
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root. That's why this small suid helper is included. |
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Cheers, |
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Malte |
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[1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WPAD |
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[SGT] Simon G. Tatham: "How to Report Bugs Effectively" |
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<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html> |
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[ESR] Eric S. Raymond: "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" |
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<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html> |
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