Ruud de Rooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> (of course, this attack can be prevented using mount options to
> disable setgid executables on all filesystems where users have write
> access)

But the user can still leave a process running with the privileges after he
logs out.  Now whenever he logs in from anywhere else in the world, he can
request the privileges from that process.
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