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Re: [SLE] Busybody-Ware Changing SetUID Root Program File Modes
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:19:36 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511141819.32708.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Bruce,
On Monday 14 November 2005 08:42, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday 14 November 2005 11:15 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Bruce,
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Is your /usr/bin/vmware setuid root? Which version of VMware are
> > you running?
> >
> > I think I might have made /usr/bin/vmware setuid root so I could
> > access raw disks without having to change _their_ modes.
> >
> >
> > Randall Schulz
>
> Don't believe it is... but it is in a group called 'trusted'
>
> linux1:/usr/bin # lsattr vmware
> ------------- vmware
>
> linux1:/usr/bin # ll vmware
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root trusted 4714 2005-03-23 06:56 vmware
It sure looks like it's set user ID root to me.
So whatever it is that keeps taking away world read and execute on my
system is not present or not configured to do so on yours.
Randall Schulz
On Monday 14 November 2005 08:42, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday 14 November 2005 11:15 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Bruce,
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Is your /usr/bin/vmware setuid root? Which version of VMware are
> > you running?
> >
> > I think I might have made /usr/bin/vmware setuid root so I could
> > access raw disks without having to change _their_ modes.
> >
> >
> > Randall Schulz
>
> Don't believe it is... but it is in a group called 'trusted'
>
> linux1:/usr/bin # lsattr vmware
> ------------- vmware
>
> linux1:/usr/bin # ll vmware
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root trusted 4714 2005-03-23 06:56 vmware
It sure looks like it's set user ID root to me.
So whatever it is that keeps taking away world read and execute on my
system is not present or not configured to do so on yours.
Randall Schulz
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