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Re: BSD Auth

To: David Holland <dholland-security%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: BSD Auth
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:30:16 +0200

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 01:02:46AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> A real solution will, among other things, not require getty and login
> to run as root. This solution does not currently exist.

I don't think getty has to run as root, it just needs to be in the right
group to access the terminal device. login needs the privilegese to
change permissions on the tty and to write to /var/run.

Joerg

References:
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc.
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: SODA Noriyuki
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc.
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: SODA Noriyuki
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc.
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc.
- Re: BSD Auth
  - From: David Holland

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