Subject: RE: replacement for /etc/passwd
To: 'Alan Post' <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 12/11/2002 01:34:21
Alan Post wrote:

> In article <3DF67E75.90801@mukappabeta.de>, Matthias Buelow wrote:

> The problem you mention is an illustration of why setuid is a bad OS
> feature.  My primary motivation in trying to find a different user db
> was to remove setuid programs.

Either check out PAM, or to avoid the setuid crap
<SPAM>
http://fuzzauth.sourceforge.net
</SPAM>

Or stuff like kerberos comes to mind too partially ;)

Greets,
 Jeroen