Unix

Time

No, not that Pink Floyd song off Dark Side (although that's a great song). I'm planning to smack down some Unix and computer time knowledge in today's post. Let's keep it on the practical side of things and we'll try not to stray too far into the metaphysical.

Jah Rule

Security is a multi-faceted subject in computing, and even amongst those who use Unix in one form or another there are disagreements about how best to handle various aspects of system administration. In today's blog post I'm going to be talking about the subject of controlled priviledge escalation, and in particular the presence of suid binaries on your system.