Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!metapro!bernie From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: interesting feature on AMIX.. Message-ID: <1991Jun22.115825.9278@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Date: 22 Jun 91 11:58:25 GMT Article-I.D.: metapro.1991Jun22.115825.9278 References: <13706@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Jun19.204906.19339@dvorak.amd.com> <1991Jun21.110444.1049@darwin.ntu.edu.au> Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia Lines: 14 In <1991Jun21.110444.1049@darwin.ntu.edu.au> malcolm@pandanus.ntu.edu.au (Malcolm Caldwell) writes: >I guess that it depends on what type of file system you mount. If the file >system you mount has no facilities for setuid/setgid files then they can't >be a problem. Don't forget about device files. There's nothing quite like having your very own ./dev/dsk/* and other such lovely things to break into a system. -- Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include Metapro Systems, / sold \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au