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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: inc
Message-ID: <1991Jan1.015839.15068@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 1 Jan 91 01:58:39 GMT
References: <9012312114.AA15911@pixel.convex.com>
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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In article <9012312114.AA15911@pixel.convex.com> strike@pixel (strike) writes:
>Can anyone tell me why inc has to be setuid?

Well, you don't say what kind of system you are using, but on some
systems (especially when using diskless workstations) you can only do
locking by creating a lock file.  On those systems, you either have
to make the lock directory mode 01777 (that is, 777 with the sticky
bit on, which again depends on the system type) or disable locking
in inc.