Re: redhat 6.1 mail

[lmpinto () STUDENT DEI UC PT (Luis Pinto)]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, jan bakker wrote:

> hello fello root's,
>
> one day i found that redhat 6.1 takes not only suid bits but also guid.
>
> you are owner of your mail file but it still belongs to the group mail
>
> so
>
> void(){
> set suid bit to user;
> set guid bit to 6;
> }

        Excuse me, how do you think you can do the above without being
root, and without belonging to the mail group?

> now you can read other people mail but,
> 6 is lower than 15 so at some systems you can add new users !!!
> even a root user !!!

        Huh?

                                Regards,
                               Luis Pinto
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