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Re: RSI.0012.12-03-98.SOLARIS.MKCOOKIE
From: nr63580 () IMCNAM SBI COM (Readwin, Neil)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:39:05 -0500


A stupid question: why does mkcookie need the s-bit?


On Solaris mkcookie opens /dev/mem and reads about 8MB of it. mkcookie will
run and generate a new cookie if you remove the suid bit, but I guess said
cookie will be, umm, less random.

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