Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 8 Feb 1997 10:32:08 -0500 (EST) | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: [masq] 1st virus in Linux :( (fwd) |
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Neil Moore wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 tyson@rwii.com wrote: > > I don't agree. Doom has a known bug which allows any user on your system > > to get root if doom is installed setuid root. Every Linux distribution > > I've ever used installs Doom setuid root, and RedHat has only recently > > released a patch to correct this. (The patch doesn't fix doom, just > > removes the setuid bit.) > > Why not just delete it?
Delete DOOM?!? My god, what's wrong with you? :)
> > -- > -Neil Moore http://www.sfhs.floyd.k12.ky.us/~amethyst/ > (finger amethyst@valjean.sfhs.floyd.k12.ky.us for my Geek Code) >
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