On Tuesday 22 May 2007 13:11:00 Adam Tkac wrote: > Hi all, > > I did some quick think about SUID bits to /usr/bin/cdrecord (wodim) and > /usr/bin/cdrdao . I'm using k3b for burning and it always write warnings > like cdrecord will be run with root privileges. What do you think about > it? Could it cause some security issues or something bad? > > Regards, Adam As long as a bug is not discovered which affect cdrao or cdrecord and could allow a buffer overflow or similar, there's no reason to worry about, IMHO. It's normal Even AIX systems have SUID active for those tools. All the best. -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
