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Article #10409Re: Tightening security on SunOS 4.0 'fastfind'
From: David S. Comay
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 06:59
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 06:59
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as distributed by 4.3, `updatedb' is run by user `nobody' so only public files will be added to the database (unless a user has the same group as `nobody' ... 9999 as distributed by 4.3 or -2 by sun). users can prevent their files from showing up in the database by `chmoding' their appropriate directories. i believe one of the reasons `nobody' was added in 4.3 was specifically to support a `public fast find' feature, but i don't remember. dsc
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!ncis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!itsgw!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: dsc@izimbra.css.gov (David S. Comay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Tightening security on SunOS 4.0 'fastfind' Message-ID: <46246@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 19 Jan 89 06:59:29 GMT References: <12397@silica.BBN.COM> <2894@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: The Monks of Zoom Lines: 10 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 15 Jan 89 00:31:43 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 112, message 2 of 14