Re: Linux GTKicq Security Flaw (thought u should know)

1998-12-31 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 11:43:26AM -0500, AJ wrote: > it listed my password i use for ICQ which i also used for my own root > password!! they were the only places i used it.. needless to say if u Needless to say your root password should not be the same as you normal account password especially no

Re: Linux GTKicq Security Flaw (thought u should know)

1998-12-31 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "A" == AJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A> cat gtkicqrc it listed my password i use for ICQ which i also used A> for my own root password!! they were the only places i used A> it.. needless to say if u use GTKicq make sure u set permissions on A> /home/user/.icq/gtkicqrc to only the user.. Thi

Linux GTKicq Security Flaw (thought u should know)

1998-12-31 Thread AJ
Last night i was rummaging around my system on another account and i was checking out my directories seeing if i could find stuff. well i went to my main account went to the .icq folder which uses GTKICQ i typed: cat gtkicqrc it listed my password i use for ICQ which i also used for my own root pas