-x implementations

[Peter da Silva]

In article <1991Mar08.194702.5369 at kithrup.COM> sef at kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
> And, no, sorry:  under sco's unix, having write access to /etc/passwd will
> only allow you to lock everyone out by removing or changing values; it won't
> let you get it.  You need to create one or two more files elsewhere in the
> tree with all the proper magic in them.

Does "auth" have write access to these files? If so then you haven't changed
the problem any. Just made it more obscure. Nothing that someone with adb
and a little determination couldn't crack.
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