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List:       samba-technical
Subject:    Re: Samba 2.02 w/ Ultrix C2 security
From:       Craig A Summerhill <craig () cni ! org>
Date:       1999-02-27 3:36:38
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> > Because we had a cracker break into the machine last year, I choose to
> > upgrade to C2 security (shadow passwords) on the system.  Samba 2.02 
> > seems to compile OK on the system.  (Actually, I did run into one small
> > problem when it tried to link the object code into binaries, because the 
> > make failed when the directory source/bin needed to be created.  But 
> 
> did you do ./configure; make as root?  this is important.


Yeah, absolutely.  I couldn't have done it any other way.  One of the 
measures I took on our systems following the crack-ins we had last year 
was to set the permissions on the compilers to 700 (owned by root). 
While I might have been able to run ./configure as another uid, there 
is no way I would have been able to do the 'make' without being logged 
in as superuser/root.
-- 

   Craig A. Summerhill, Systems Coordinator and Program Officer
   Coalition for Networked Information
   21 Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C.   20036
   Internet: craig@cni.org   AT&Tnet (202) 296-5098

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