YATES@C.CHEM.UPENN.EDU ("YATES, JOHN H.") (02/16/91)
I am being overwhelmed with responses of where to get it or where do I get it and what about security. Here are some (thanks to everyone) of the more relevant responses. I got it from Boulder, but won't have time to build it and test it until next week. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: IN%"markm@bit.UUCP" 14-FEB-1991 22:40 You should still be able to get it on boulder.colorado.edu, but I think it is also on titan.rice.edu or gatekeeper.dec.com as sa-book. I can send you a copy if you like. I do not use Evi's sudo as it is a bit too much and one I wrote a long time ago suffices (it even supports the concept of per-machine restriction lists). Anywho, let me know if you cannot find it and I will send it to you (complete with the correct version of sudo() which fixes a glaring security hole in the book -- hint, it notifies about bad commands by returning the command string vie email). cheers! --mark +--------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------+ | Mark Morrissey | ...bit!markm | Saving the world | | Unix Systems Administrator | bit!markm@cse.ogi.edu | from the evils of | | Bipolar Integrated Technology | (503) 629-5490 | unacceptably slow | | Beaverton, OR 97006 | | microprocessors. | +--------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------+ From: IN%"tonytran@EBay.Sun.COM" 15-FEB-1991 02:45 You can always find it on anon. ftp server colorado.edu Here is the read me: This directory contains the source code for the programs listed as appendices in the "Unix System Administration Handbook". Both the individual files and a compressed tar archive of them are included; take some or the archive file, as needed. These scripts and programs have not been tested since they were removed from their formatted form in the text of the handbook, so use them at your own risk. No warranty implied or expressed. Please send fixes/suggestions/additions to sa-book@boulder.Colorado.EDU. Enjoy! Evi, Garth, and Scott App Topic filenames --- ---------------- ------------ ALL compressed tar archive sa-book.tar.Z A* sudo sudo/* B* adduser script adduser C* rmuser script rmuser E* tout tout/* F* dumdum dumdum G* lostfile lostfile H* Mkfl.localsys Makefile.localsys I* spacegripe spacegripe J* sendmail.cf sendmail.cf N* remote remote.c O* distributed conrol distrib/* P* hosts and name server makerevhosts Q* xargs xargs/* Good luck, Tony Tran Sun Micro Systems From: IN%"sater@cs.vu.nl" "Hans van Staveren" 15-FEB-1991 03:07 Sudo might be great, but to perform file system dumps you need not be superuser. You need to be in group operator. From: IN%"jpl@allegra.att.com" 15-FEB-1991 07:59 Look on boulder.colorado.edu (using anonymous ftp). Evi Nemeth assured me that the security hole I reported had been fixed on the version that is now there. I still don't use it, but I don't mind typing the superuser password now and again. From: IN%"hall@bond.crim.ca" 15-FEB-1991 08:41 try cs.boulder.edu in the directory sa-book (I think). This is an anonymous ftp site which has all the programs in the book. BTW it really does not works as well as it should but it is easy to modify it. -- Ron Hall | Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal (CRIM) OS Analyst | 3744 rue Jean-Brillant, bureau 500 <hall@crim.ca> | Montreal (Quebec) Canada H3T 1P1 <uunet!clouso!hall> | tel: +1 514 340 5700 / fax: +1 514 340 5777 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed by this person do not in any way reflect the opinions, attitudes, policies or politics of the above institution; its' directors, managers or employees. Company affliation is given only for identification purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "It will be a catastrophe of biblical porportions! Floods, fire and brimstone, dogs and cats living together, the dead rising from the grave ..... just what we needed more users"