Re: SunOS 5.6 (X86) lpset vulnerability

[mdooley () DPG DEVRY EDU (Michael Dooley)]

I to got that message but that was on a sparc. When I tried it on an x86 it
worked. go figure.

~Optimus
    Keep the truth rolling in and they cant close the doors forever.
----- Original Message -----
From: James Edwards <albeniz () EARTHLINK NET>
To: <BUGTRAQ () NETSPACE ORG>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: SunOS 5.6 (X86) lpset vulnerability


> Sam Carter wrote:
>
> > It failed with: 'Permission denied: not in group 14' when I tried it on
a
> > SunOS 5.6 Generic_105181-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250
> >
> > the header stated that this was for x86, but the manpage says that:
> >      Only a superuser or a member of Group 14 may execute lpset.
> > and I'm assuming that is the same on both architectures.
> >
> > --sam
>
> i get the same results on the x86 architecture...