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From: flamer@omsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Protecting games
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Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 23:12:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 23:12:46 1983
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   Why not do a setuid(getuid()) immediately after forking and before
   the exec() ?  The user in the subshell will get his own uid as the
   effective uid.  When the subshell is terminated, you're back in the
   game with the suid.