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From: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MKDIR & MKNOD call in MINIX
Message-ID: <3164@felix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Jul-87 13:53:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  2 13:53:20 1987
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Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA
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The mkdir and mv commands should be "setuid root".  This
means that when they execute, the effective user ID (uid) is
set to root, allowing a normal user to create directories.
You do this with "chmod 755 /usr/bin/mv /usr/bin/mkdir"

Happy hacking
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