Securing Netinfo

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2 total messages Started by Chuck Henrich Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:32

#739

Author: 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

Re: Securing Netinfo

#765

Author: David Lemson
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:39

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henrich@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chuck Henrich) writes:

>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?

Nope, no way to do it that I have heard of.  The getpwxxx() calls
will always work for anyone under netinfo.
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