On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 15:46 -0800, Brian Gaynor wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 16:01 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > That file size is noticeably different than Andy's although it is the > > same size as mine. The ownership and permissions are wrong so even if > > it is otherwise correct it cannot get you the permissions to do a true > > 'su'. Note the SUID bit. > > > > [jeff@eagle ~]$ ll /bin/su > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 59740 Jul 25 10:39 /bin/su > > > > > > I would suspect that the box is "owned", or that you have otherwise > > changed the file somehow. > > > > Maybe not owned, I show a file size of 59740 bytes for su on my 32-bit > systems (i686), but 78837 bytes on my 64-bit (86_X64) systems. So the > discrepancy is most likely do to architecture. > That explains the file sizes, but does *not* explain the permissions and ownership differences. Thus, unless he did that himself his box is likely 'owned'. > -- > Brian Gaynor > www.pmccorp.com > FC4/Linux on DELL Inspiron 5160 3.0Ghz > canis 15:40:59 up 1:21, 1 user, > load average: 0.15, 0.07, 0.07 > >
