Bugtraq: Re: Sending escape sequences to xterms via wall/talk

[jmc () gnu ai mit edu (jmc () gnu ai mit edu)]

> > Of course having a sym link in your file space along the lines of:
> > core -> /dev/rsd0a and as xterm runs as root, is also a good way of
> > breaking your machine...
> setuid programs don't produce core dumps; it's a security feature.
Wanna bet? I've gotten them to do this under Solaris before. I'm gonna
have to go see if I can find an example, but I remember getting
fusage to core under 2.2 fairly easily.

James