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4.3.0 fping problem - Solved

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list Mv652 · Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:38:00 -0600 · 
Scratch that mail - I setuid on the fping binary (chmod 4755 /usr/local/sbin/fping), changed the hobbitserver.cfg accordingly and it is now working as expected. 
Just a question, have I created a 'security hole' or is this what is supposed to be done anyway? 
 
Mario
list T.J. Yang · Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:21:49 -0500 · 

T.J. Yang
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From: user-2e62ad6fd761@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 02:38:00 -0600
Subject: [hobbit] 4.3.0 fping problem - Solved

Scratch that mail - I setuid on the fping binary (chmod 4755
/usr/local/sbin/fping), changed the hobbitserver.cfg accordingly and it is
now working as expected.

Just a question, have I created a 'security hole' or is this what is
supposed to be done anyway?
I used sudo to grant fping as root and change the script referring to fping as "sudo fping".
This is still a security hole if fping binary contain Trojan hose code.

tj

Mario


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