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From: bamford@ihuxw.UUCP (h. bamford)
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Subject: Re: Sv.2 suid bits
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 19:47:39 EST
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> On SV.2 (3b2, pc7300 (Safari)) suid bits do not work on shell scripts.  Am
> I just silly or don't I remember them working on 2 other UN*X-ish (TNIX,
> XENIX) environments?
> 

Suid bits on shell scripts don't work on any machine I have ever used. 
This includes PDP-11/70, Vax, 3b20, U370, PC7300.  It is frustrating,
but I have wound up making up a little C program which execs the shell. 
The C program has the suid bit set...
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				Harold Bamford
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