Re: setuid/setgid binaries contained in the Debian repository.
On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:38:46AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 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?
Because in that case I was talking about high scores, and in the other case
we are talking about one user compromising another.
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- mdz
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