Hi Eugene,

> If an admin has /etc/shadow world-readable than he is in trouble almost
> as bad as exploitable /usr/lib/authenticate ;-)

He sure is. But I'm not going to comment that further, otherwise I'd be 
venting at a certain ... vendor. ;o)

> Not exactly right.  /etc/passwd *should* be world readable.  

Outch ... yeah, of course you're right. Sorry, I spoke too soon.

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber
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Unix/Linux Support Engineer

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