Bug in /usr/bin/chfn?

From: John Speno <speno_at_isc.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:53:13 -0500

/usr/bin/chfn (and chsh, and maybe passwd) change the owner and group
of /etc/passwd to bin:bin.

/usr/bin/passwd didn't change the permissions, but since I performed
this testing under ENHANCED security, passwd doesn't make any changes
to /etc/passwd.

I don't think that chfn should change the permissions. Does anyone
know why it should?
Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 15:54:07 NZDT

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