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From: sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: "setgroups: not owner" problem with 1.5.10
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Date: 7 Sep 90 22:41:25 GMT
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setgroups is in spawn.c and batch.c in the server directory of the 
distribution. nntpd expects to run as root. If you spawn it as
someone other than root, you can expect to see this message.

Other changes were made to NNTP to deal with various security concerns,
so it can run as root and not so nasty things.

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Stan           internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu         Director, Networking 
Olan           uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!sob   and Systems Support
Barber         Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine