Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: autofs [all versions]
Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
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> [...]
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> No, everyone else has been trying to tell me that
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> ~# chmod -x /sbin/portmap
> ~# /etc/init.d/portmap restart
> Stopping portmap daemon: portmap.
> Starting portmap daemon: portmapstart-stop-daemon: Unable to start
> /sbin/portmap: Permission denied
> .
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> is either "right" or that a test -x is not 'better'.
>
> Christopher
You, voluntarily and knowingly, remove the x permission bits of
/sbin/portmap.
And the shell tells you that permission is denied.
Hey, it's perfectly right.
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Bernard ISAMBERT (isambert@sib.fr)
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