sudo -s works ?
2011/12/16 Bart-Jan Vrielink <bart...@vrielink.net>: > On 12/16/11 21:53, Freddy Spierenburg wrote: >> >> Hi (first message) Bart-Jan and (second) Marko, >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:32:05PM +0100, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: >> >>> >>> You shouldn't be able to strace suid programs. >>> >> >> Please enlighten me, why not? >> > > > suid/setuid means that the program runs as another user. Being able to trace > system calls for another user is a security risk. When strace is asked to > run a setuid program, it will ignore the setuid bit, which is not what you > want. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eebb135.6060...@vrielink.net > -- Frédéric Ollivier §§§ GPG Key : 036D 9284 EC49 A57E 469D 4197 51D9 86E6 6461 8CC0 §§§ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caectpfktlqjwwoqdr1zhgt-79okop-fwmtw0rpais0zk6-x...@mail.gmail.com
