* Jakub Jankowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20031203 18:33]: wrote:
> On 2003-12-03, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
> >Ok. Something like this will help...
> >
> >find / -name "clamav.conf -exec cp /etc/ {} \;
>
> Even if its syntax would be correct, it wouldn't work as expected by
> you. ;)
>
> >find / -type f -name "clamav.conf" | xargs cp /etc/clamav.conf
>
> You end up with a broken clamav setup if some your user placed a hostile
> clamav.conf file somewhere in a filesystem, and for some reason your
> find visits that place as the last one.
>
> I wouldn't recommend your solution, especially over reading docs.
Yeah. I think my hands were faster than my brain in this. Thanks for the
correction. But surely, there was none in /etc previously, no?
I did not stop to think about a hostile user. You are right about this
but users with shell access on production systems _must_ be disciplined
users, otherwise they will put your ass on fire;)
cheers
- wash
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