[comp.os.minix] Security holes.

mgallagh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Michael Gallagher) (04/10/91)

Thanks to  all who replied to my query about what I thought was a security
 hole [via rm] in Minix.

Had not known that if a directory is world-writeable, one could bypass file
protections. That is of interesting.  Guess there's a  bit more to study.....


 -Mike G.

dick@ahds.UUCP (Dick Heijne CCS/TS) (04/12/91)

In article <554@ultrix.uhasun.hartford.edu>, mgallagh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Michael Gallagher) writes:
> (..) 
> protections. That is of interesting.  Guess there's a  bit more to study.....
> 
Cheers to the educational value of Minix !
Dick.