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Bugtraq archives for 1st quarter (Jan-Mar) 1994: Re: /etc/utmp

Re: /etc/utmp

Icarus Sparry (ccsisss1.bath.ac.uk)
Mon, 28 Mar 1994 23:48:01 +0100

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>Much better is to start it off as root, let it run that way just long
>enough to set its group list, and then setuid to someone boring and
>do whatever might have bugs...


I agree. My mail was pointing out that the idea of using SGID as a
way of avoiding being root was flawed.

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