>> I don't know about other Unices but at least IRIX has it's /bin/true and >> /bin/false set to shell scripts as well. It seems that Debian's no worse >> off than SGIs and other Linux distributions at least. > >If there exists at least ONE really insecure Unix, it is called IRIX. There's >nothing in the line of IRIX so don't be surprised. >
/bin/true and /bin/false are also shell scripts on solaris. they are not on digital unix and aix. it looks like it is a system v thing. so there. as for irix being insecure, it is a function of the system administrator (sgi is pretty good at releasing patches). --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .