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- From: glenn@suphys.physics.su.OZ.AU (Glenn Geers)
- Newsgroups: alt.sources
- Subject: Re: GENERAL WARNING
- Message-ID: <1990Sep29.004107.17548@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: 29 Sep 90 00:41:07 GMT
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- What about vendors deliberately putting trap-doors in their distributed
- binaries?
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- We had a Dual Chapparal (68020 Sys V.2 with FFS) and after a long time (several
- years) discovered that 'su' worked without a password provided the users
- current directory was /etc! I think that this was left in so that engineers
- doing on-sight servicing could become 'root' without having to have a sys admin
- type around. Still this is rather rude (and undocumented of course).
-
- Just thought I'd add my 2 cents worth (for the last time---Australia is ceasing
- to mint 1 and 2 cent coins this year).
-
- Cheers,
- Glenn
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- glenn@qed.physics.su.oz.au
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- Department of Theoretical Physics | Just to prove that human touch can have
- The University of Sydney | no equal."
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