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Re: [suse-security] problem using su to become root on SuSE 9

From: Tobias Weisserth (tobiasweisserth.de)
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 03:55:48 CST


Hi "user86",

Am Di, den 16.03.2004 schrieb user86 um 04:34:
> ...
> > What am I missing?
>
> That sounds exactly like what happens if you forgot to make "/bin/su" setuid
> root.

That's it. Many thanks. I hadn't thought of this...

Tobias W.

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