Re: SUIDDIR problem

1999-10-16 Thread Mike Nowlin
SUIDDIR will work for any user EXCEPT ROOT I did this because I felt it was a security hole to allow users to create files owned by root. (from memory it will also refuse to do files that have the execute bit set but I can't remember for sure) In a mildly drunken state, I respond. :)

Re: SUIDDIR problem

1999-10-16 Thread Julian Elischer
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Mike Nowlin wrote: SUIDDIR will work for any user EXCEPT ROOT I did this because I felt it was a security hole to allow users to create files owned by root. (from memory it will also refuse to do files that have the execute bit set but I can't remember for

SUIDDIR problem

1999-10-15 Thread Jos Backus
[Maybe this is -questions/-stable material, I'm not sure. Please flame appropriately.] On a very recent -stable system: I have a directory, say /ftp/foocust/in. This directory - resides in a filesystem mounted on /ftp with the suiddir option (with SUIDDIR in the kernel). - is owned by uid

Re: SUIDDIR problem

1999-10-15 Thread Julian Elischer
SUIDDIR will work for any user EXCEPT ROOT I did this because I felt it was a security hole to allow users to create files owned by root. (from memory it will also refuse to do files that have the execute bit set but I can't remember for sure) We use it all the time on our PC fileservers so that

Re: SUIDDIR problem

1999-10-15 Thread Jos Backus
On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 10:29:04AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: SUIDDIR will work for any user EXCEPT ROOT Ahh I see, a big thanks to you Julian! OK, I'll use a different userid, say, bar (and make the directory sticky so foo cannot remove the file it just created - it will be owned by bar).