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Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)



also sprach Curt Manucredo <curtm2@yahoo.de> [2007.02.15.1328 +0000]:
> request client. since urequestd does not execute any process
> unless it comes from an urequest-client, all verifications are
> done in the urequest client program. this includes user and group
> verification as well as checking if the request even exists.

This sounds like a bad idea. All I have to do is imposter as
urequest-client and I can execute anything.

What's the added benefit over, say, sudo?

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