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Re: Fwd: RAZOR advisory: Linux util-linux chfn local root vulnerability



Hi,

Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> 
> Previously ben wrote:
> > when you say 'doesn't use,' do you perhaps mean 'never invokes'? because:
> >
> > # find / -name chfn
> > /usr/bin/chfn
> > /etc/pam.d/chfn
> 
> Different implementation (from shadowutils iirc).

a little bit offtopic:
Redhat uses chfn and chsh from linux-utils, SuSE from shadow-utils...

Well, i always suggest to remove the s-flag, if users shouldn't change
something in /etc/passwd.
So i don't have to touch all Redhat-Boxes, on which i have done this ;)

Viele Gruesse
Ralf Dreibrodt

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