magic??

[rthomas () pamd cig mot com (robert owen thomas)]

hello, list-folk--

the other day, i happened to join a conversation about Unix security with
a couple of fellows at a local bookstore.  one of them mentioned the "magic"
hole.  i have heard mention of this hole before, but i assumed the hole
no longer existed.  apparently, this was a hole in /bin/login.  does anyone
else remember this?  the last time i heard mention of it was *several*
years ago, hence my assumption.  then again, i recently spotted an old
sendmail hole ("wizard") at a site, so one can never really assume anything,
yes?

regards,
--robert
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