Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sunybcs!boulder!hao!oddjob!matt From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: rdump security deficiency, or am I wrong? Message-ID: <13971@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 12:22:31 EDT Article-I.D.: oddjob.13971 Posted: Fri Sep 11 12:22:31 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 17:51:49 EDT References: <498@sater.cs.vu.nl> Reply-To: matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Stop calling me Fred) Organization: Backwards R Us Lines: 12 You don't say what system you're using, but since you say "workstation", let's assume it's a sun. :-) Use: rdump 0uf dumphost.dumpuser:/dev/tapedev filesystem to have the tape operations done as user "dumpuser" on host "dumphost". Then "yourhost root" just has to be in the .rhosts file of "dumpuser". ________________________________________________________ Matt University matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu Crawford of Chicago {astrovax,ihnp4}!oddjob!matt