Bugtraq: Re: Reminder for ppl

[root () DOSGOD MI ORG (Eric Kimminau)]

IP Forwarding is a kernel tunable which, once changed, requires building
a new kernel, then booting it. Did you do this?

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Totally unrelated bug information rmeoved.
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You should also be very aware that there are at least several
"versions" of 5.3 that will run on any Indy.

BTW, since SUID shell scripts are diabled by default on every SGI, you must
have enabled them for your exploit to work.

1# systune | grep uid
        nosuidshells = 1 (0x1)

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