Re: IRIX 5.2 Security Advisory - Mystery Solved

[mjh25920 () ggr co uk (Martin Hargreaves)]

On Thu, 11 Aug 1994, Ian Hoyle wrote:

> At 1:02 AM 11/8/94, Martin Hargreaves wrote:
> >        /usr/sbin/PrintStatus runs suid root, and calls sgihelp. F1 isn't
> > needed you can just hit the help button.
>
> Hmmm, I thought it was suid lp.
>
>   ian

        Yes you're right, my mistake. Sorry. However:

% uname -a 
IRIX uk6xxxxx 5.2 02282015 IP19 mips
% ls -l /usr/sbin/printers
-rwsr-xr-x    1 root     sys       181768 Mar 10 20:08 /usr/sbin/printers

        So I was almost right, this program also calls sgihelp (which is 
renamed on our systems)

 On this thread does anyone know why gr_osview in IRIX 4.x and 5.x is
 suid root, when osview (the non-graphical version) is sgid sys?

        Martin.
        

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