root-owned world-writable files

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From: Michael D Hensley
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:27

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COPS doesn't seem to report ALL root-owned world-writable files.

Agree/disagree/discussion: Any root-owned world-writable file should be
considered a potential security loophole.

What do you think?

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From: VESOFT@cup.portal.com (Michael D Hensley)
Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
Subject: root-owned world-writable files
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 10:27:28 PDT
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