[BusyBox] which finds non-executables in path

Glenn McGrath bug1 at iinet.net.au
Mon Mar 1 08:34:11 UTC 2004


On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:41:43 -0600
Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> If non-root, you can see the executable via 'which' even
> when the security of the file disallows you to execute it.
> 
> Not sure if that is really an issue or not, it's just
> a behaviour that I'm not familiar with.

Looks like a bug to me, fixed in cvs.


Glenn



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