current-users: Re: BSD Authentication

Subject: Re: BSD Authentication
To: None <soda@sra.co.jp>
From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>
List: current-users
Date: 09/09/2003 04:50:00

> > 	we can reduce the number of setuid root login_xx if we design things
> > 	carefully.
> I don't think you mean OpenBSD's BSD auth isn't implemented carefully.
> Thus, BSD auth needs 6 extra setuid programs and 7 extra setgid
> programs as its nature. Right?

	in the current state, the number is correct.  OpenBSD will sure try to
	reduce setuid programs to fewer numbers.

itojun