Lotus Notes Domino 6.0.2 (linux) for the installation it is recommended to add a new user like "notes". after this you should log in as root install the services. well, after i have done this i have noticed the following. there are faulty default permissions for the important configuration file /local/notesdata/notes.ini rw-rw-rw- notes notes ############################################## by the way /opt/lotus/LPSilent.ini rw-rw-rw- notes notes cat /opt/lotus/LPSilent.ini | grep REM REM This is the silent install ini configuration file. REM Please do not modifiy this file unless you are sure of what you are doing.... pleeeeaaaase do not modifiy it :) ############################################## because we are able to modify the notes.ini which is a very important configuration file , we are able to simply delte, add or modify keys. here is a great list of all nice keys we could add or modify http://www.drcc.com/A55711/ref/notesini.nsf we could modify the CleanupScirptPath to a binary in our $HOME which could for example spawns a suid shell next time when its executed. we could change the NotesProgram=/opt/lotus/notes/60020/linux to some directory in our $HOME which includes links to the needed binarys to start the services in the ServerTask key. Then we add a new ServerTask - lets say "Router". Notes will try to find a binary in our faked directory called "router" which could spawn a suid shell for us. the notes services will start as the user "notes" (this is recommended), which is able to view sensetive files or start and stop the services... me thinks the notes install routine should always chmod such files automatic for security reasons. by l0om www.excluded.org