Changeset 5e18c49c for basicnet/netutils/traceroute/traceroute-exp.xml

Timestamp:

10/04/2003 02:23:39 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Larry Lawrence <larry@…>

Branches:

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Children:

c2ee009c

Parents:

5fd03d2

Message:

compound word edits, a2ps expanded intro

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@1303 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• basicnet/netutils/traceroute/traceroute-exp.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

basicnet/netutils/traceroute/traceroute-exp.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 
 <para><command>make install</command>: Installs <command>traceroute</command> 
-setuid root in the <filename>/usr/sbin</filename> directory. This makes it 
+with <acronym>UID</acronym> set to  root in the <filename>/usr/sbin</filename> directory. This makes it 
 possible for all users to execute <command>traceroute</command>. For absolute 
-security, turn off the setuid bit in <command>traceroute</command>'s file 
+security, turn off the <acronym>SUID</acronym> bit in <command>traceroute</command>'s file 
 permissions with the command: 
 <screen><command>chmod 0755 /usr/sbin/traceroute</command></screen></para>
@@ -16 +16 @@
 <para>The risk is that if a security problem such as a buffer overflow were 
 ever found in the <application>Traceroute</application> code, a regular user 
-on your system could gain root access if the program is setuid root. Removing 
-the setuid permission of course also makes it impossible for users other than 
+on your system could gain root access if the program is
+<acronym>SUID</acronym> root. Removing 
+the <acronym>SUID</acronym> permission of course also makes it impossible for users other than 
 root to utilize <command>traceroute</command>, so decide what's right for your 
 individual situation.</para>
 
 <para>Now, to be completely <acronym>FHS</acronym> compliant, as is our aim, if 
-you do leave the <command>traceroute</command> binary setuid root, then you 
+you do leave the <command>traceroute</command> binary
+<acronym>SUID</acronym> root, then you 
 should move <filename>traceroute</filename> to <filename>/usr/bin</filename> 
 with the following command: