Re: setuid/setgid technology - OLD and NASTY

Dustin Marquess (jailbird@alcatraz.fdf.net)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:19:12 -0500 (CDT)


There is nothing wrong with setuid/setgid.. hell sometimes they
are the only way to do something... but you have to watch yourself when
you use them... setuid/setgid aren't the culprits, bad code is..

-Dustin

On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Linux Kernel list wrote:

>
>
> Setuid/setgid technology is an old technology belonging to the 70's.
> It was pretty confortable at that time but now it's not really actual and
> it's more like a pain in the system. It would be possible to replace this
> with 'something' - you decide what - in kernel land with something really
> secure. It's near year 2000 now. I would love to see Linux get rid of this
> kind of ballast.
>
> It would make a safer world ;)
>
> Tell me where if I'm wrong. And if it is an issue that you are working or
> planning to work on please forgive me.
>
> Thank YOU!
>
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