Re: HP-UX Problem...

[shipley () merde dis org (Pete Shipley)]

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> Did HP ever fix the diagnostic program that was SUID root, and
> would read any file as a directive file? I found it amusing to
> run this, and have it report "blah is unrecognized" for each line,
> where "blah" is the contents of each line, one at a time, of any
> system file, regardless of ownership and mode ;-)

you used to  be able to do this with sendmail

to read a file you ran:

        /usr/lib/sendmail -C/home/shipley/diary

and you would see the content as a part of the diag..

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