Re: setuid/setgid binaries contained in the Debian repository.
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> writes:
> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> nethack is the only game which comes to mind which does this, and I think it
>> should probably be changed to keep the saved game in the user's home
>> directory. This was clearly done in order to try to prevent cheating, but
>> again, these days the player has root anyway.
>
> If the player has root then why are discussing the possibility of the
> player cracking into the games group?
The legitimate player has root and thus could cheat at the game.
An illegitimate player is probably more interested in abusing the
machine than cheating at nethack.
-Brian
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