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From: zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: mkdir and access(2)
Message-ID: <4384@b-tech.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 88 17:08:16 GMT
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Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff)
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Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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Keywords: access(2), permissions, setuid/setgid

Other than the correct fix of adding a system call, the way that News 
(2.11) uses is the only way I've seen of creating proper directories
from a suid program.

--Jon

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Jon Zeeff           		Branch Technology,
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