Securing Netinfo

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From: Chuck Henrich
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:32

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Is there any way to make it so that only a root process can retrieve
any information from NetInfo?  I had originally thought that just by chaning
the permissions on niload/nidump I would be okay, but then I found this
program "pwget" that shows the password file.  Any ideas?

-Crh
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Charles Henrich      Michigan State University      henrich@crs.cl.msu.edu

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From: henrich@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chuck Henrich)
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Subject: Securing Netinfo
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