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Article #1170Re: Installing 4.3-Tahoe on a VAX
From: Larry Wall
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1988 00:51
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1988 00:51
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In article <5416@zodiac.UUCP> jordan@ads.com (Jordan Hayes) writes: : Keith Bostic <bostic@BERKELEY.EDU> writes: : : Since you can't log in as "bin" (it has no password) this : shouldn't be an issue. : : Yes, but root equivalence is governed by /.rhosts, but "bin" equiv. is : governed by /etc/hosts.equiv ... and we all know that "rsh csh -i" is : as good as "rlogin" for most tasks ... Not to mention NFS. You let me mount a /usr filesystem read/write with directories owned by "bin" and you've just destroyed any semblance of security. Not that NFS is all that secure to begin with... Larry Wall lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!jpl-devvax!lwall From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: Installing 4.3-Tahoe on a VAX Message-ID: <2841@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Date: 13 Sep 88 00:51:45 GMT References: <26049@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5416@zodiac.UUCP> Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Lines: 16