Subject: Re: evil? sshd patch
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-security
Date: 11/04/1999 12:43:30
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To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
cc: der Mouse <mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca>, tech-security@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: evil? sshd patch
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Nov 1999 17:26:16 EST."
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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:43:30 -0500
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net> writes:
>>> while i understand your point (doing accounting and stuff, blah blah
>>> blah) it really won't make much difference here, will it?
>>
>> It may. I may have multiple superuser logins, some of which are
>> captive in various ways; I need to specify, then, which one has "allow
>> ssh as anyone" power.
Andrew> root is root (meaning uid zero here, of course). root cannot be made
Andrew> a captive. unless you've done something that you haven't told us
Andrew> about.
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