[Fwd: Proposal "LUID"]

From: Linda Walsh (law@sgi.com)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 01:59:26 EST


Seems like someone doesn't know how to unsub...

Memorex rex <dzalg@caramail.com> wrote:
>
> You stop sending me your fucking messages ok ?
>
> > -------Message d'origine-------
> > De : Linda Walsh <law@sgi.com>
> > Date : 15/04/100 18:38:49
> >
> > Rik van Riel wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Linda Walsh wrote:
> > >
> > > > Set points would be at 'login', cron/at (running as a
> user),
> > > > r(sh,cp,login), and s(sh,..?). Implementation at
> user level
> > > > would probably be in a pam library.
> > >
> > > Please add httpd, sendmail/procmail, ftpd and dozens of
> other
> > > daemons (most of which are not linked to pam, so this
> change
> > > is certainly not transparent to userland).
> >
> > > For quota I think we should use the EUID. This is both
> > > transparent and conceptually the "right" thing (if
> users see
> > > a daemon run with a particular euid, they expect that
> system
> > > limits are applied to that user).
> > ---
> > I'm not talking about limits. I'm talking about an
> > auditting ID that needs to be based on a when a user logs
> in
> > and stays with them over any SUID or 'su' commands.
> >
> > Httpd, sendmail and all the deamons you mention would
> be
> > run with the default system ID of 'init'. They are
> 'system'
> > processes and as such, in a 'trusted' Computing base
> (TCB) they
> > would not have a 'login' id associated with them.
> ftpd/rtelnetd
> > should theoretically be using 'pam' when they start a
> login session. I've
> > been told by someone else in my group, who is analyzing
> these functions,
> > that rtelnetd calls login (which uses pam). On my system
> their are entries
> > for both rlogin and ftpd and samba, etc in pam. So none
> of the demons
> > you mention would be affected.
> >
> > -l
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> > Linda A Walsh | Trust Technology, Core
> Linux, SGI
> > law@sgi.com | Voice: (650) 933-5338
> >
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