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

Kamil Rytarowski <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:40:31 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.devel.security
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

There is probably little point to run sudo as root.

On 28.11.2018 17:05, JP wrote:
> 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]
> <mailto:[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
>

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