Re: chown32() weirdness

[Walt H <waltabbyh@mindspring.com>]

Just checked it. No problem with setuid exploit. Permissions are 
stripped on chown, and you're not allowed to setuid afterwards.

-Walt

Walt H wrote:
> I was more afraid of the setuid, possibe local root exploit. Maybe that 
> would be caught?
> 
> -Walt
> 
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> Wessel Dankers wrote:
> 
>> On 2002-02-18 11:02:51-0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, I guess this is a difference between Irix and Linux...
>>>
>>
>> Hm. That means I can just push someone over their quota by chowning a big
>> file to them (especially if it's in a directory they do not have access
>> to). That doesn't sound right.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -- 
>> Wessel Dankers <wsl@fruit.eu.org>
>>
>> Some one needed the powerstrip, so they pulled the switch plug.
>>
>>
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