Xref: utzoo comp.unix.programmer:1345 alt.sources.d:1630 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!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: 15 Mar 91 20:29:10 GMT References: <668288533.3106@mindcraft.com> <1991Mar07.091123.13033@kithrup.COM> <1991Mar08.194702.5369@kithrup.COM> <19101@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 15 In article <19101@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes: > In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >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. > You have a pretty poor understanding of how systems with "enhanced > security" work. Maybe, maybe not, but at least I'm paying attention. John, "auth" is a *group*. Not a user. Anyone in group "auth" is effectively root. Sean has admitted as much. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"