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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!paul From: paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) Subject: Re: cron..again..fix it already :) Message-ID: <1994Jan22.105252.23480@cm.cf.ac.uk> Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System) Organization: Intelligent Systems Lab, ELSYM, University of Wales, Cardiff References: <2hpvvuINNf8u@dds.hacktic.nl> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 10:52:51 +0000 Lines: 16 In article <2hpvvuINNf8u@dds.hacktic.nl> cor@dds.hacktic.nl (Cor Bosman) writes: >I was amazed to see that at least one of the _extremely_ trivial >ways to get root on a *bsd machine still works on FreeBSD. >A friend of mine just installed the current version, and >just for the hell of it I tried it..and it still works.. >Maintainers of freebsd..please update the vixiecron that comes >with it..its a very big security risk. I believe Vixie made a >newer, somewhat more secure version. >Cor... It's going to be in the next release. -- Paul Richards, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@UK.AC.CARDIFF