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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How does 'mv' rename directories?
Message-ID: <1146@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 89 03:38:54 GMT
References: <544@isi.UUCP>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <544@isi.UUCP>, mike@isi.UUCP (Mike Maloney) writes:
> But on Microport, Xenix, and Sun Unix 4.0, /bin/mv is -rwxr-xr-x and is
> owned by 'bin'.   How is 'mv' able to rename directories on a properly 
> working system?

On system V 3.2 mv determines that a directory is to be moved and calls
the program /usr/lib/mv_dir which is setuid to root.


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