fedora core 3 probable security exposure

[John Summerfied]

Jude DaShiell wrote:
> It is not possible to run dhclient ifconfig and ifup unless running as 
> actual root.  Using su -c "command" returns the misinformation that 
> these commands are not found.  Personally I prefer using su -c from a 
> user account to bring up and take down the network while this was 
> possible in debian 2.4.27 it's so far not possible on speakup version of 
> fedora out of the box or updated.

Network interfaces _can_ be made user-controlable so one can ifup this 
and ifdown that as a regular user

Cast a closer eye over the network config tools.


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John

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