/bin/mail
msc at qubix.UUCP
msc at qubix.UUCP
Sat Jun 11 01:07:19 AEST 1983
It is true that /bin/mail allows you to write to files but there
is no security hole. I run our /bin/mail suid root. It will
not, however let you write to files owned by root or anyone else.
Obviously someone thought of this and the program sets itself to
its real user ID before trying to write to files.
--
Mark
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