[plug] Just started with linux, need help

[Greg Mildenhall]

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Beau Kuiper wrote:
> Slackware 4.0 already has mount set uid root, and world executable
I am almost certain we are talking about a Redhat system.

> (not a problem because it does its own filtering of requests).
Harharharharharharhar. You lose.
Probably the best-known root-hole in recent years was the buffer overflow
in mount of a few years back. Filtering has no effect, I'm afraid.

> I assume most other distributions have mount as set uid root.
Yep, but often it is only executable by a certain group.

-Greg