Re: [PHP3] does PAM lib PHP3 interface exist ?
| From: | Chad Cunningham | Date: | Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:30:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP3] does PAM lib PHP3 interface exist ? | ||
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Steve Langasek wrote:
> *I* care about flexibility. :) I want both flexibility and security, and I
> mean to get it! :) If your current system works, and you're happy with it,
> then more power to you, but that's no reason to say that PHP *shouldn't* be
> allowed to run as root.
Until someone proves that there is a way to do it without exploiting it,
I think there's a damn good reason. This is one of those things where I
tend to think it's best to wait for a proof that it can be done safely
rather than trying it and waiting for someone to prove it wasn't safe...
--
Chad Cunningham
ccunning@math.ohio-state.edu
"I'll tell you what kind of guy I was. If you ordered a boxcar full of
sons-of-bitches and opened the door and only found me inside, you could
consider the order filled."
-Robert Mitchum