On 17-Dec-98 Harhalakis Stefanos wrote: > I don't know if those are known stories. > Anyway... on Irix 6.4 the tape devices (in /hw/tape) may be created with > false permissions. I think that they are created using the current umask. > (When using su, the current umask will not change (unless there is a umask > entry in root's .cshrc)). So it is possible to have those devices with > mode 644 or even 666, which is bad news, because anyone could use > xfsrestore to get any file. > In IRIX 6.3 and higher you can specify what the mode of the device file is with the file /etc/ioperms /dev/rmt/* 0600 root sys /dev/console 0644 root sys See man ioconfig for more info. ******************************************************************** * * * Bas van der Vlies e-mail: basvat_private * * SARA - Academic Computing Services phone: +31 20 592 8012 * * Kruislaan 415 fax: +31 20 6683167 * * 1098 SJ Amsterdam * * * ********************************************************************
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