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Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install




> On 10/dic/2013, at 20:46, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> Quite possibly this is a technique which is tried but, in a default
> install, Debian does not provide any faulty services.
> 

You are never sure about not-yet publicized exploits.
And some time ago there was a problem with sone ssh code that 
should not have been cleaned...

>>                            And grep is great in
>> finding 0:0 accounts :)
> 
> The English is fine but I wish I understood the implications of 0:0.

What makes root special is not the name but the numerical user id and group id, bot set to zero. See /etc/passwd.

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Gian Uberto Lauri
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