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From: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX file setuid sucurity hole?
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 05:02:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 05:02:33 1987
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In article <15046@sun.uucp> guy@sun.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
> [the old Unix systems] didn't allow you to give files away (so as not to
>defeat (the non-existent) disk space accounting procedures)

How typical! Since disk accounting did not exist, AT&T have removed the
restriction on 'chown'; the Berkley guys went on and implemented the whole
disk accounting package...
(To give credit where it's due - the disc [sic] accounting was originally
written at UNSW, Australia).
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	Amos Shapir
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