Mathieu Segaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > no no no, NEVER use root as a user account :) > > you have to setuid the freqset utility e installs in the module > subdirectory > > # chmod u+s freqset > > This way whenever it is executed, it is executed as its owner, root, > not as its real user, you. > > but some see it as a security hazard > > To avoid sec problems, I set it to r-s--x--x rights and it is owned > by root.
Why would removing the read rights for normal users help with security? Anybody can download the source and build an identical copy anyway. Then it is only the permission bits which differ, and that's all that matters. -- Martin Geisler GnuPG Key: 0x7E45DD38 PHP Exif Library | PHP Weather | PHP Shell http://pel.sf.net/ | http://phpweather.net/ | http://mgeisler.net/ Read/write Exif data | Show current weather | A shell in a browser
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