Re: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...
In article <cistron.19990315145344.C26917@debian.org>,
Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 08:31:16AM -0500, cfm@maine.com wrote:
>> My $.02 is longer we wait the harder and more mangled some of
>> these things get... what is this utmpd... grrrrr!
>
>utmpd is an ubercool thingy (technical term) that makes it so properly
>written apps no longer need to be suid root in order to add a umtp entry
>and manipulate the entry they added.
No, this is not true. You still need to be root to be able to open the
socket to talk r/w to utmpd. How else would utmpd know if it could trust
the information it is getting. Yes I know about SO_GETPEERCREDS but
that's a Linux 2.2 thing only and then would you still like any application
to be able to add random records to the utmp and wtmp file ?
Mike.
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