Re: securityhole /proc/sys/kernel/domainname

Bernd Eckenfels (ukd1@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
20 Feb 1996 01:00:46 GMT

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Christoph Lameter (clameter@miriam.fuller.edu) wrote:
> Why would I make it accessible via bootp?
> And /var/yp is only accessible by root on my system.

getdomainname(2) needs no root privileges. And I still dont think a NIS
Domainname is a good Password. Please simply use secure NIS implementations.

Greetings
Bernd

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