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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Why doesn't uucico use chroot(2)?
Message-ID: <1364@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 18:32:30 EST
Article-I.D.: ttrdc.1364
Posted: Wed Dec  3 18:32:30 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Dec-86 02:28:43 EST
References: <1268@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Organization: AT&T, Computer Systems Division, Skokie, IL
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In article <1268@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, mangler@cit-vax.UUCP writes:
>Seems like it would be more secure that way...
>Don Speck   speck@vlsi.caltech.edu  {seismo,rutgers,ames}!cit-vax!speck

chroot(2) can only be used by the superuser (euid=0).  Sounds dangerous to
have uucico setuid root rather than setuid uucp.
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