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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Which commands (in /bin & /usr/bin) must have set user ID (for root)
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 17:13:53 EDT
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> -rwsr-sr-x   1 root     sys        19068 Nov  5  1983 passwd
> 
> obvious.

No, actually, not obvious.  Passwd only has to be able to read and write
in /etc, which generally does not require root privileges.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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