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From: brad@bradley.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Lingering LCK..cua0 files (tip)
Message-ID: <10900010@bradley>
Date: 9 Jan 88 21:09:00 GMT
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Nf-From: bradley.UUCP!brad    Jan  9 15:09:00 1988


chances are the lock files are made with euid == uucp then later on
tip seteuid(getuid());  In this case if the directory /usr/spool/uucp
is public writeable, then it can, if not it can't remove it.