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Re: [cobalt-security] about cd .. command can change home directory up to root server
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] about cd .. command can change home directory up to root server
- From: Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 23:12:41 +0200
- Organization: Stauber Multimedia Design
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Hi Chris,
> Welcome to the multi-user unix world.
Ah, that's not entirely correct. On a properly installed Unix or Linux this
will not happen. There the directories /etc and /root and a few others are
not readable by regular users who all belong to the group user. But when the
Cobalt OS was developed Cobalt sidestepped this security measure for a couple
of obscure reasons.
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With best regards,
Michael Stauber
SOLARSPEED.NET