Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:9291 comp.bugs.sys5:561 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!cbnews!lvc From: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: SVR3 passwd changes mode of passwd file Message-ID: <1235@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 20 Sep 88 12:13:00 GMT References: <3394@dunkshot.mips.COM> Reply-To: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 17 In article <3394@dunkshot.mips.COM> dce@mips.COM (David Elliott) writes: > ... >I have had a couple of complaints about this [/bin/passwd changes mode of >/etc/passwd explicitly to 0444 -lvc], and would like to decide on a solution. >Is it reasonable to have passwd fix the mode of the new /etc/passwd >to be the same as the current /etc/passwd? No, unless you don't give a darn about security. What exactly is your complaint about mode 0444 on /etc/passwd? Anything one should be allowed to do to /etc/passwd should be done by root or the owner of /etc. A carefully coded suid to root should do the job. Please elaborate what your need is. >David Elliott dce@mips.com or {ames,prls,pyramid,decwrl}!mips!dce -- Larry Cipriani, AT&T Network Systems, Columbus OH, cbnews!lvc lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM