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Re: [cobalt-security] No user named on RAQ4?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] No user named on RAQ4?
- From: Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 04:19:32 +0100
- Organization: SOLARSPEED.NET
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Hi Mark,
> I have only just noticed that named on my RAQ4 is running as root.
> Naturally I tried to change the init file to:
> daemon named -u named -g named
>
> but there is no user named or group named set up on the machine.
Most likely you are missing a ton of patches on that RaQ4. Since OS Update 2.0
and/or DNS Update 2.0.1 there should be a user named and bind should run as
user named.
Go to http://sunsolve.sun.com/patches/cobalt/raq4.eng.html and see which
patches you've missed.
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With best regards,
Michael Stauber