First off, you shouldn't have ANYTHING out there that's SUID root except
carefully placed apps.
Secondly, in order to run the NetInfo manager, you usually have to
authenticate by clicking on that lock icon.
Once you do that, I guess your permissions "stick" for an unspecified
amount of time...
Terminal.app should definately NOT be SUID or SGID.
On Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 10:03 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>
> Try these steps on an OS X machine (not logged in as root)
>
>
> Open up the Terminal.app
> Quit it.
> Open up NetInfo Manager (leave it in the foreground)
> Open up Terminal.app from the *RECENT ITEMS* list in the Apple Menu.
>
> Voila! a terminal logged in as root.
>
>
> This apparently is the case with all setuid root applications... Not
> good....
