That's weird. I'm not aware of any security issues relating to sar and its use. Sounds like paranoia mode just because the thing might have the setuid bit on. Which means nothing as far as security goes, unless sar allows interactive command shells. Which it doesn't. Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 1:44 AM
> Just got this email from my SysAdmin when I asked for access to sar. Anyone > know what he is talking about? We are on AIX 4 and 5. > > "I cannot give you direct access to the sar command. Because of the > parameters > the command allows, it would be equivalent to giving full root access. > > If you could give me some details on the kind of information you would like > to > be able to collect, maybe we could set up some kind of command to obtain > it." > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nuno Souto INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
