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Bugtraq archives for 2nd quarter (Apr-Jun) 1994: Re: "passwd -F" vulnerability?

Re: "passwd -F" vulnerability?

Ken Descoteaux (kenzeus.st.3com.com)
Wed, 11 May 94 08:45:59 EDT

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> 
> Easy solution, chmod o-rwx /var/adm, /var/log, or wherever passwd sends its
> complaints to on your machine...

Except that on my Sun at least, the messages also get printed to the Console 
window.

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