Re: strace security <feature>

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:53:12 -0300

"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> said:
> It is possible for an ordinary user to use `strace` (which by default
> runs SUID-root), to copy a password file to /etc.

Nope. i686 UP, Red Hat 6.1, strace is _not_ SUID. And it doesn't work.

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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
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