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

JP <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:05:40 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.security
Message-ID <CAHN8Bqq3Hgfba_ioMMuzwR2idR5dSeS0XX=-pw3TzRoMkJFfsw@mail.gmail.com>
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 <[email protected]> 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
>