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Re: SunOS 5.6 (X86) lpset vulnerability


From: albeniz () EARTHLINK NET (James Edwards)
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:58:27 -0400


Sam Carter wrote:

It failed with: 'Permission denied: not in group 14' when I tried it on a
SunOS 5.6 Generic_105181-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250

the header stated that this was for x86, but the manpage says that:
     Only a superuser or a member of Group 14 may execute lpset.
and I'm assuming that is the same on both architectures.

--sam

i get the same results on the x86 architecture...



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