Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:05:27 +0100
Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> Dne, 25. 10. 2009 02:50:36 je Celejar napisal(a):
>
> > This is what sudo is for - one just configures it to allow anyone to
> > run it as root. Another possibility is to make it suid root. I
> > suppose, though, that either of these techniques might be security
> > risks, if the script is buggy / insufficiently secure and a
> > malicious user manages to run it.
> >
>
> Which of the two methods is considered less of a security hazard? Can
> either of them be made secure in a relatively simple way?
Well, I'm no security guru, but the fundamental problem here applies to
both of them: if there's any way that the script can be manipulated to
run arbitrary code, or give the user access to a shell, then the game's
over ...
Celejar
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