new parameter: "secure include"

David Collier-Brown davecb at canada.sun.com
Thu Jun 10 18:59:17 GMT 1999


CAE Samba Admin wrote:
>         I understand the the loophole, but want to clarify the
> fix/shortcut (sorry, I'm not the most experianced unix programmer).
> 
>         If the actualy config file (not the symlink) is:
> 
>         /usr/local/samba/lib/smb_globals-dept.conf
> 
>         Then I should ensure that /usr/local/samba/lib meets the three
> conditions as well. 
	Yes. 

> Also, it is accepted that checking this directory
> alone (not everything before it) is secure?

	No, but it does catch the most common case.


--dave


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