Re: Security problem in bashrc and possible fix

2005-11-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Noam Samuel wrote: > First of all, I am aware that this bug has been posted before, but I think > that I have an idea for a possible simple-to-implement fix for this problem > and similar problems that may arise. Unfortunately the topic you are bringing up is not really a bug. You are talking abo

Security problem in bashrc and possible fix

2005-11-29 Thread Noam Samuel
First of all, I am aware that this bug has been posted before, but I think that I have an idea for a possible simple-to-implement fix for this problem and similar problems that may arise. The problem is the fact that software run under regular user permissions can gain root access by adding an ali