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- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- From: shabbir@panix.com (Shabbir J. Safdar)
- Subject: chkacct users, please read. New version on the way.
- Message-ID: <C0D5ML.Iv3@panix.com>
- Summary: Help improve the next version of chkacct, send bug reports
- Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:25:33 GMT
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- Have you used "chkacct" at some time in the past year? Is it installed at
- your site?
-
- If you already know what chkacct is, skip this next paragraph.
-
- Description: (If you don't know what "chkacct is...)
- "chkacct" is a novice-oriented account security tool. It is intended to
- allow Unix novices to check some basic potential vulnerabilities without
- having to become Unix experts first. Using standard Unix tools such as
- find(1) and ls(1), it attempts to fix things which might otherwise go
- unnoticed. "chkacct" is written to be easy to use and non-threatening,
- in order to encourage novices to use it. If you are interested in being
- a beta-tester for "chkacct", write to shabbir@panix.com and I will
- let you know when the beta version is ready and where you can pick it
- up. Hold tight and it will be out soon. If you don't want to be a beta
- tester, just hang out and the announcement of the next version will
- appear on the net in due time. For further information on "chkacct",
- see the relevant paper in the proceedings of the Baltimore Usenix
- Security Conference, fall 1992.
-
-
- (If you do know what chkacct is....)
- I'm planning on releasing another version of chkacct within the next
- month and want to make sure that I have all the bug reports available.
- If you've sent me bug reports in the last year, THANKS! I have them
- filed away and all of your contributions should be incorporated into
- the next release. If you've had some things you wish to see it do,
- or an old bug report you never got around to sending me, please take the
- time and do it now. Send your bug reports/suggestions to shabbir@panix.com.
-
- Shabbir J. Safdar
- shabbir@panix.com
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