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From: jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: -x implementations
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Date: 2 Feb 91 00:20:11 GMT
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In article <19017@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes:
>test(1) is the sick on.  Any version of test(1) which relies on
>access(2) is broken.

1) The fact that access does not provide an option to test the effective uid
   is brain damage.

2) It only matters if the program calling access has S_ISUID or S_ISGID set.
   Why would test be installed with set-uid privileges?