Richard Elling <richard.ell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Helpdesk$ pfexec chmod -fR a+rw /home/alice/proj1
> >>>
> >>> Alice$ rm /etc/shadow
> >>> Alice$ cp myshadow /etc
> >>> Alice$ su -
> >>> root#
> > One could achieve the same result with a request to chmod a+rw
> > /etc/shadow, but this would be more noticeable.
> >
> > One of my friends ran into this problem while trying to set an ACL on
> > his data files: chmod followed symlinks that he had created to his
> > home directory and config files in /etc, and broke his whole install.
>
> A normal user cannot chmod in /etc. So he was really running as
> root, no? As root or a sufficiently privileged user, there are many
> things that you need to be aware of. Again, I use find to do the
> right thing and keep a record of the activity -- see the -mount, -user,
> and -type options.
Do you believe that root should not get help that allows to easily
prevent problems from hitting symlinks?
Jörg
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