Re: smtp-auth and MS Outlook Express 5

[Peter van Dijk]

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 08:52:05AM -0400, Denise Williams wrote:
> Hi, I received mail from Krzysztof Dabrowski that solved my problem.
> 
> solution: /bin/checkpassword needs to be suid'ed to root for those systems
> using shadow passwords.

Do not, EVER, do that. The moment you do, checkpassword becomes a /bin/su
replacement without any logging or limiting.

Greetz, Peter.
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