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...ewart <pstewart@ONCOMDIS.ON.CA> wrot > e: > > > > Well, first of all, as a general rule chmod -s all files except those that > > *really* need it... And you really need in your system. > > > > >-rwsr-x--- 1 root floppy 18300 Jul 5 1996 /usr/bin/fdmount > > Do you use fd a lot ? > > Huh? It can be only executed frmo a group floppy. IMHO, the original poster had the right idea here. While fdmount can only be executed by group floppy, if there IS an exploit in fdmount, then getting group floppy is the same as getting root. When you'...

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...16 Sep 1997 09:50:08 -0400, pstewart <pstewart@ONCOMDIS.ON.CA> wrote: > > Well, first of all, as a general rule chmod -s all files except those that > *really* need it... And you really need in your system. > > >-rwsr-x--- 1 root floppy 18300 Jul 5 1996 /usr/bin/fdmount > Do you use fd a lot ? Huh? It can be only executed frmo a group floppy. > > >-rwxr-sr-x 1 root uucp 117101 Dec 11 1995 /usr/bin/minicom > you can chmod -s it most of the times This is sgid executable, not suid. In order to create a lock file you better have it. &g...