[SunHELP] Root Passwd

[Przyjazny, Martin]

Or instead of perpetuating the non-cooperative spirit,
talk to him frankly, and involve management.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fletcher, Joe [mailto:joe.fletcher at Metapack.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:48 AM
> To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Root Passwd
> 
> 
> 
> If he is refusing to give the script up I see no reason why 
> you shouldn't
> refuse him access to the system entirely. Disuser him until 
> he can learn to
> cooperate.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morley [mailto:dmorley at boothnewspapers.com]
> Sent: 21 June 2001 13:43
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Root Passwd
> 
> 
> Sheshagiri,
>     This script is probably/possibly a program that 
> effectively sets the
> user id to 0.  The example programs that I have seen need to 
> be owned by
> root and also need to be setuid enabled.  Unless you can find the
> script/program and remove it, chown it, or chmod it, I don't think you
> will be able to stop this user gaining root access.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Sheshagiri Padmanabha Rao wrote:
> 
> >   Hi    The script is in the binary & he is refusing to give it. I
> > think he is truncating some background system call & using 
> it for this
> > purpose.  Plz reply for this prob as early as posible. shesha
> 
> --
> David A. Morley
> dmorley at boothnewspapers.com
> 
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