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. :)
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
[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
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
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).
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