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ssh -l root getting context staff_t is pointless
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva redhat com>
- To: fedora-selinux-list redhat com
- Subject: ssh -l root getting context staff_t is pointless
- Date: 04 Apr 2004 04:05:45 -0300
I read previous discussions about it here. The argument IIRC is that
making the default context staff_t adds a little bit of security.
IMHO, it adds no security whatsoever, since
`ssh -l root hostname -t su -' gets you to sysadm_r without asking for
a password. So how about changing the default policy such that ssh
selects sysadm_r by default, which should minimize the inconvenience
without really losing anything in terms of security?
--
Alexandre Oliva http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva {redhat com, gcc.gnu.org}
Free Software Evangelist oliva {lsd ic unicamp br, gnu.org}
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