Re: securityhole /proc/sys/kernel/domainname

David Holland (dholland@hcs.harvard.edu)
Mon, 19 Feb 1996 15:00:46 -0500 (EST)

> : PPL who use the nisdomainname as a passwort to protect NIS deserve to
> : drink warm beer and be slaped with a large trout. Every user on a System
> : can read the NIS/YP domainname (by getdomainname, sysctl or /proc). Have
> : u ever typed "nisdomainname" on the prompt?
>
> Yes. I have and the users get "permission denied". I want the proc
> to be fixed and the sysctl too please. Only root access.

You realize, of course, that this makes NIS completely useless.

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