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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
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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

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