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From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: non-superuser chown(2)s considered harmful
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.143716.26999@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 90 14:37:16 GMT
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In article <2800:Dec1001:29:4890@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>Exactly. This is why several people have been arguing for chown() to
>work between current and effective uids. Does chown() have any other
>reasonable use?
>
 A great idea.  Just look at the flexibility it will provide creators of
trojan horse programs.

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  Northern Illinois Univ.
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