Matt, I found the snippets, I understand that it is crazy, but, let me ask you. If I run as "root" what is the worse case scenerio, given that nobody knows the password?
Diego --- Matt Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Diego Montalvo wrote: > > > hello, > > > > I was wanting to change aspseek back ro running > from > > root. ASPSeek 1.15 allowed me to use "root" to > run > > processes,now I must use another user. What do I > have > > to change inorder to use "root" instead of another > > user? > > You would need to change appropriate snippets of > code in daemon.cpp and > index.cpp. However, I would strongly advise against > doing this unless you have > a thorough understanding of the security > implications and you accept that > compromise of your systems is a risk you are > prepared to take. > > This is not to say that ASPseek is insecure, the > scope of this issue is far > more generalised than to be specific to ASPseek. If > you posed this question to > any good security professional they would certainly > look at you like you just > arrived from another planet ;) > > > Matt. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
