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From: jjg@security.UUCP (Jeff Glass)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: biff
Message-ID: <852@security.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 16:43:00 EST
Article-I.D.: security.852
Posted: Fri Feb 22 16:43:00 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 24-Feb-85 01:11:29 EST
Organization: MITRE Corp., Bedford MA
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I have been annoyed by 'biff' ringing the terminal bell and
messing up my screen too many times.  I am thinking of modifying
/etc/comsat to only print the message "You have new mail"
(ala csh's message) if the user setuid bit is turned on in addition
to the user execute bit.

question is:  would this have side effects that I am not aware of?
are the other execute bits (for group and other) used for anything?

reply by mail if you think this is a stupid question;  otherwise you
can reply to the net.

thanks/jeff
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