[plug] Just started with linux, need help

[Ari Finander]

Yes, we are talking about a RedHat 6.0 system  :-)  Now's when I show my 
newness again" what is a group?  how does one create a group?  How are users 
added to a group?  How does a group relate to root/user?

Ari
strictform at hotmail.com


----Original Message Follows----
From: Greg Mildenhall <greg at networx.net.au>
Reply-To: plug at linux.org.au
To: plug at linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Just started with linux, need help
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 02:02:15 +0800 (WST)

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


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