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| author | eivind <eivind@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-02-09 20:56:34 +0000 |
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| committer | eivind <eivind@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-02-09 20:56:34 +0000 |
| commit | 959fd6631c3c7b10aadf2f4da3efaa6f355548b6 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bf83cf52d0338ed7acf4acca702360d7713dc48 /sbin/dump/dump.8 | |
| parent | e3e68afe8f010508380a8d452564778b7c196d51 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-959fd6631c3c7b10aadf2f4da3efaa6f355548b6.zip FreeBSD-src-959fd6631c3c7b10aadf2f4da3efaa6f355548b6.tar.gz | |
Removed default setuid and added a comment to the manpage explaining this.
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diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8 index 40b257a..e7fda69 100644 --- a/sbin/dump/dump.8 +++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8 @@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ told the operator which tape to mount when, and provided more assistance for the operator running .Xr restore . +.Pp +.Nm dump +cannot do remote backups without being run as root, due to its +security history. This will be fixed in a later version of FreeBSD. +Presently, it work if you set it setuid (like it used to be), but this +might constitute a security risk. .Sh HISTORY A .Nm dump |
