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Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: autofs [all versions]



Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> wrote:
>> No, everyone else has been trying to tell me that
>> 
>> ~# 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
>> .
>> 
>> is either "right"

> It's not wrong as in that it would warrant a bug report with a severity
> higher than wishlist.

It's not wrong at all.  In fact, doing a -x will only mislead people into
believing chmod -x actually works as a way of disabling something, which it
doesn't.
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