On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 10:34:22AM +0200, Christian Sch?fer wrote:
> > If you are certain you aren't going to run anything that puts suid code
> > in /var, then add nosuid there.
> how can I determine if there is suid code put into /var ?
'find /var -perm +6000 -type f'
Will return a list of all setuid and setgid files in /var.

> > qmail, vpopmail and a few other programs do put suid code in /var, so I
> > don't suggest it by default.
> is there a way to configure them to some other behaviour?
Due to their design, unfortunetly no.
I've tried moving them to other locations symlinking back, but I haven't
had much luck in doing that.

In theory, I believe all of their binaries belong in /usr/sbin.

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