Re: cgiemail installs owned by root in /usr/lib/cgi-bin

2004-11-29 Thread Sam Watkins
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I noticed that when installing cgiemail it is set as owned by root, > same as other scripts simultaneously installed in /usr/lib/cgi-bin > The danger of being root owned would be in the fact that it can > virtually do anything. no, it can't. If root owns an executable

Re: cgiemail installs owned by root in /usr/lib/cgi-bin

2004-11-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:49:30AM +0200, Black Dew wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > >I noticed that when installing cgiemail it is set as owned by root, > >same as other scripts simultaneously installed in /usr/lib/cgi-bin > >I figure this is right, I would be surprised if i were the first > >

Re: cgiemail installs owned by root in /usr/lib/cgi-bin

2004-11-28 Thread Black Dew
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: I noticed that when installing cgiemail it is set as owned by root, same as other scripts simultaneously installed in /usr/lib/cgi-bin I figure this is right, I would be surprised if i were the first finding a bug, but I don't see why it makes it safer than installing it a

cgiemail installs owned by root in /usr/lib/cgi-bin

2004-11-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I noticed that when installing cgiemail it is set as owned by root, same as other scripts simultaneously installed in /usr/lib/cgi-bin I figure this is right, I would be surprised if i were the first finding a bug, but I don't see why it makes it safer than installing it as owned by www-data:www-d