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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.security.unix Subject: Re: *BSD* Security WWW/Mailing List? Date: 26 Apr 1997 10:46:19 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 18 Sender: mathnews@graves.maths.tcd.ie Message-ID: <5jsitb$cof@graves.maths.tcd.ie> References: <3356E1CC.299E@softway.com.au> <slrn5ltb2l.br4.tqbf@char-star.rdist.org> <5jo5m4$f9v@web.nmti.com> <slrn5m0dbf.jsb.tqbf@char-star.rdist.org> <5jqtkh$mmo@web.nmti.com> <slrn5m22vo.gfb.tqbf@char-star.rdist.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: graves.maths.tcd.ie Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6762 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3095 comp.security.unix:34045 tqbf@char-star.rdist.org (Thomas H. Ptacek) writes: >>of the library. More so, because it protects children of privileged programs >>as well. >The process flag is inherited. Our to curiosity how do you decide when to clear the flag ? If it can't be cleared by user call ( which might make it a bit pointless ) and children inherit it would seem difficult to clear, except when execing something - and that seems to be when alot of the problems with suid stuff occurs. ( I don't think I've expressed that very well, buy maybe you see what I mean ). David.