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> On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Samarth Kumar wrote:
>
> > Hello Everybody,
> >
> > I am running Slackware, while trying to run netscape from X, I
> got a
> > warning message that the program is a suid-root program. What exactly
> > is
> > the meaning of suid??? I know that it has to do something with rights
> > of
> > users, but I am not sure.
> >
> If a command has suid permission, it runs as if it had been run by the
> owner of the file (generally but not necessaruly root). In the case of
> root, that means it can read or write any file or area of memory, and
> directly access any hardware device. It is useful for trusted commands
> with a specific and limited purpose, but the more general the comand the
> more dangerous it is. Give it to an editor, and any user can change any
> file. Just like windows, and we don't want that, do we?
>
> > Is there
> any command that will tell me what is the version of the > kernel I
> > am using,
>
> By default, the slackware tty login greeting is
> Welcome to Linux <kernel version>
> It gets this with uname -r, and so can you. (man uname).
>
> and also how do I change the message that appears on the
> > screen
> > if somebody tries to telnet in to the system?
>
> If you mean the login greeting, put what you want in /etc/issue.net.
> Slackware builds /etc/issue fresh each boot in /etc/rc.d/rc.S, you might
> grep inn /etc/rc.d to see if there are any references to issue.net.
>
> (man telnetd, man issue.net).
>
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Samarth Kumar
> >
> >
> >
>
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