NetBSD Problem Report #271

From gnats  Mon May 30 02:51:06 1994
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Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 11:49:45 +0200
From: Thorsten Lockert <[email protected]>
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Subject: /etc/motd is world writable
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>Number:         271
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /etc/rc.local makes /etc/motd world writable
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    gnats-admin
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 30 03:05:02 +0000 1994
>Closed-Date:    Fri Jun 03 02:31:12 +0000 1994
>Last-Modified:  
>Originator:     Thorsten Lockert
>Release:        
>Organization:
SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
>Environment:

System: NetBSD gandalf.bbb.no 0.9B GANDALF#3 i386


>Description:

	After updating the system name/version in /etc/motd, rc.local
	proceeds to make it world writable.
>How-To-Repeat:

	Boot your system.
>Fix:

*** src/etc/rc.local.orig	Thu May 12 12:15:12 1994
--- src/etc/rc.local	Mon May 30 11:46:43 1994
***************
*** 11,17 ****
  echo "" >> $T
  sed '1,/^$/d' < /etc/motd >> $T
  cp $T /etc/motd
! chmod 666 /etc/motd
  rm -f $T

  echo -n 'starting local daemons:'
--- 11,17 ----
  echo "" >> $T
  sed '1,/^$/d' < /etc/motd >> $T
  cp $T /etc/motd
! chmod 644 /etc/motd
  rm -f $T

  echo -n 'starting local daemons:'
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: cgd 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jun 2 19:31:12 PDT 1994 
State-Changed-Why:  
not a bug.  Not even a rationale for the requested changed. 
>Unformatted:

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