donn@sdchema.UUCP (04/08/84)
I suppose it's a bit early to be posting a revised version of this already, but yet another ghastly security bug was found and fixed. The new distribution has the following changes: + Fixed a bug that let anyone make a tar file of any file, regardless of whether that file was readable. (Argh!) + Turned the requirement for two machines to share root privileges (a feature of rdump/rrestore) into a requirement that the user have an account on the remote machine under the same name as on the local machine. (Thanks to Norm Seethoff at John Fluke Mfg. for this fix.) + Removed the restriction on rdd which prevented the use of two remote tape devices. Share and enjoy, Donn Seeley UCSD Chemistry Dept. ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn 32 52' 30"N 117 14' 25"W (619) 452-4016 sdcsvax!sdchema!donn@nosc.ARPA