On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :For the general case (eg the code checked into the system), the check > :needs to remain enabled. Anything else is insecure. > : > :Warner
Oh, absolutely. However, one of the reasons people use an operating system they have source to is to make it work for them. > > I have to agree... whenever one starts discussing weird, esoteric > workarounds one inevitably introduces security holes. I really think > just disabling the -s option may be the best solution. It is apparent that I was unclear. What I meant was use the fstat test for local files. For NFS mounted files, don't use the test, since it doesn't work, and don't allow the the -s option. (Better would be to accept, and ignore the -s, perhaps producing a warning?) David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
