Xref: utzoo comp.unix.programmer:1288 alt.sources.d:1597 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,alt.sources.d Subject: Re: -x implementations Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 22:51:25 GMT References: <668288533.3106@mindcraft.com> <1991Mar07.091123.13033@kithrup.COM> <1991Mar08.194702.5369@kithrup.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <1991Mar08.194702.5369@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: > And, no, sorry: under sco's unix, having write access to /etc/passwd will > only allow you to lock everyone out by removing or changing values; it won't > let you get it. You need to create one or two more files elsewhere in the > tree with all the proper magic in them. Does "auth" have write access to these files? If so then you haven't changed the problem any. Just made it more obscure. Nothing that someone with adb and a little determination couldn't crack. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"