Bug#651634: rpc.statd runs with gid=root
Package: nfs-common
Version: 1:1.2.2-4
richard@araminta:~/src/3rd$ ps -ef|grep statd
statd 2084 1 0 Oct11 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/rpc.statd
richard 6691 17917 0 18:34 pts/1 00:00:00 grep statd
richard@araminta:~/src/3rd$ head /proc/2084/status
Name: rpc.statd
State: S (sleeping)
Tgid: 2084
Pid: 2084
PPid: 1
TracerPid: 0
Uid: 103 103 103 103
Gid: 0 0 0 0
FDSize: 64
Groups:
gid 0 is the root login's default group, making it potentially very
powerful.
ttfn/rjk
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