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From: brad@ds3.bradley.edu (Bradley E. Smith)
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Subject: Re: elm not access files in home directory
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.150538.13197@bradley2.bradley.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 90 15:05:38 GMT
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ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson) writes:
>In article <1990Oct24.212255.5138@bradley2.bradley.edu> brad@ds3.bradley.edu (Bradley E. Smith) writes:
>>	Have elm swap the group id from mail -> doe -> mail (and back again
>>	as needed) when it needs to create a lock file.  This way one has
>>	access to their own files.

>Watch out if you try to implement this. There are at least two BSD versions
>and the System V version that need to be treated differently if you intend
>to switch back and forth between the real GID and the programs set-GID.
>(We've done this for C-kermit version 5A, so I have some experience of it.)
Well I have done it (just for SYSV) and have been running it for a week.
Next thing is send the patches out?  Should I Syd?

brad smith
bradley university
brad@bradley.edu