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| From: | Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ? | ||
| Date: | Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:42:53 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20100911212813.3757106d@scooter.muppet.show | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ? by Dale |
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| 1 | On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:35:58 -0500 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > If they are accessible by a user, couldn't a user then edit or add |
| 4 | > something that would then cause a security problem? If they can edit |
| 5 | > them and no one know it, then root comes along and builds a shiney new |
| 6 | > kernel with a really nice security hole. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | This was actually a potential risk once upon a time: |
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| 10 | http://attrition.org/security/advisory/gobbles/GOBBLES-16.txt |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ? | Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ? | Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org> |