Subj : Re: BBS platforms
To   : esc
From : Charles Blackburn
Date : Thu Sep 22 2022 07:27 am

  Re: Re: BBS platforms
  By: esc to Charles Blackburn on Wed Sep 21 2022 14:23:34

 CB>> ps -aux will tell you what user it's running as.
 es> The issue is that the 'mis' application drops suid to the user who owns the binary, however there are some strange artifacts
 es> of launching as root in the first place. This manifests in python, dosemu, other various spots. It tries to read/write to
 es> /root/ instead of /home/bbsuser/, with the permission of the bbs user, which obviously will fail.


interesting... maybe the old SUID might work (4755) ? not the best way to go about it but in a pinch :D

regards
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