Xref: utzoo news.admin:4129 news.sysadmin:1754 comp.mail.uucp:2407 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Dangerous hole in Usenet! Summary: Thirty seconds on the high end Message-ID: <958@vsi.COM> Date: 30 Nov 88 01:19:40 GMT References: <1227@vsi1.UUCP> <1247@vsi1.UUCP> <1988Nov28.202412.1828@utzoo.uucp> Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 25 In article <1247@vsi1.UUCP> lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes: > [How hard can it be to make a `news' user, dammit] In article <1988Nov28.202412.1828@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > It takes a lot longer than 30 seconds if your mailer doesn't have aliases. > Especially if there is some sort of bureaucratic nonsense associated with > creating new /etc/passwd entries, which can happen. System V mailers can do this without aliases or new users. Just do: # cd /usr/mail # echo "Forward to friedl" > news # chown friedl news # chgrp mail news # chmod ug=rw,o= news It took me about thirty seconds. Steve --- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl ---------Nancy Reagan on cutting the grass: "Just say mow"--------