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From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Can I make cu(1) dumber?
Message-ID: <7370254@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Nov 90 15:19:42 GMT
References: <11061@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > The fact that cu is setuid root doesn't make me feel any better
    > about it, either.  (Whyinhell does it have to be setuid root, anyway?
    > And yes, I know that it downgrades itself after startup.)

Probably because it changes the ownership and permissions on the outbound
/dev/tty or /dev/cul file being used.

Looking an another window, I see that the file I'm using right now (from
home), is...

crw-------   1 rjn      other      1 0x0d0001 Nov 14 08:12 /dev/culd0   

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