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Re: Exploit for Linux wu.ftpd hole


From: shipley () dis org (Pete Shipley)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 19:36:29 -0700


Ahh, but isn't wu-ftp supposed to be running as uid ftp?

where does the turnabout come in where ftpd runs as ROOT?

ftpd had to run as root so it can change it's uid to the ftp user.



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