SunOS :rmmount, no nosuid.

[Dan Stromberg <strombrg@nis.acs.uci.edu>]

"C.J. Oster" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 10 May 1999, Jonas Stahre wrote:
> 
> > The man-page for rmmount under SunOS 5.7 says:
> >
> >      File systems mounted by rmmount  are always mounted with the
> >      nosuid  flag  set,  thereby  disabling  set-uid programs and
> >      access to block or character devices in  that  file  system.
> > 
> > ...this is unfortunately wrong.
> > 
> > All you have to do to get root-privileges is to insert a floppy/cdrom with
> > a setuid shell and a volcheck and an evil grin later you have a root
> > prompt.
> > 
> >There is a workaround that fix the problem, just add these lines to your
> >/etc/rmmount.conf:
> >
> >mount hsfs -o nosuid
> >mount ufs -o nosuid
> 
> In testing, I found this workaround to be ineffective.  What is required
> is the folowing...
> 
> mount floppy* -o nosuid
> mount cdrom* -o nosuid
> 
> PS Tested on an Ultra10 with a floppy.
> 
> -CJO-
> 
>                 C.J. Oster (Linux Guru/Surge Addict)
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