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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX file setuid sucurity hole?
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Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 21:10:36 EST
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Things could get really confusing with Sys V release 3.  Chown is
handled through the file system switch.  Explaining to a user who
is new to computers why he/she can chown some files without being
root, but must be root to chown some other files, and can't chown
some files even as root, would be interesting.
-- 
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