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Re: unsafe file permissions on /usr/bin/login

To: martin%duskware.de@localhost
Subject: Re: unsafe file permissions on /usr/bin/login
From: JP <rlntlss83%gmail.com@localhost>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:05:40 -0500

Not exactly. login is much different from sudo (and I don't think we have sudo do we?)

Login is already run as root. suid-root is asking for trouble.

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:03 AM Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 10:56:05AM -0500, JP wrote:
> The file should not be suid

That is like asking for sudo not to be setuid root.

Martin

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