Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Bug:
> > Title: utmp group proposal
> > Posted: 09 May 99
> > Proposer: Wichert Akkerman
> > Seconders: Branden Robinson, Joel Klecker, Ossama Othman, Raphael Hertzog,
> > Marco d'Itri, Joseph Carter
> > Status: discussion
> > Description:
> > Create a new utmp group that can modify utmp, programs that were
> > previously suid root can be sgid utmp instead.
> The only objection I recall (that the person doing the objecting didn't
> want to do something no other dist was going to) has been adressed.. Do
> we have a consensus now?
I posted an objection that I thought we should check with a security
expert to make sure there aren't any known security issues with this
idea. I don't know if that's been done, but the moment it is, my
objection will be (has been?:) withdrawn.
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