RE: [hobbit] 4.3.0 fping problem - Solved

["T.J. Yang" <tj_yang (at) hotmail.com>]

T.J. Yang





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> From: mv652 (at) softhome.net
> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 02:38:00 -0600
> Subject: [hobbit] 4.3.0 fping problem - Solved
>
> Scratch that mail - I setuid on the fping binary (chmod 4755
> /usr/local/sbin/fping), changed the hobbitserver.cfg accordingly and it is
> now working as expected.
>
> Just a question, have I created a 'security hole' or is this what is
> supposed to be done anyway?

I used sudo to grant fping as root and change the script referring to fping as "sudo fping".
This is still a security hole if fping binary contain Trojan hose code.

tj
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