URGENT: REDHAT 6.1 STORES SAMBA PRIVATE FILES IN /etc
Jeremy Allison
jeremy at valinux.com
Mon Dec 20 23:08:08 GMT 1999
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
> i acknowledge that there is not a security hole in redhat 6.1
> default installation: it requires modification. it is the
> modification or deliberate exploitation that scares me.
>
But that's like saying "if you change /etc/* to be world
readable you have security problems". Well *duh* ! Yes,
of course you will :-).
Like the doctor said to the man who complained "doctor,
it hurts when I do *this*", "well don't do that then..." :-).
Jeremy.
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